Hervey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hervey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,125 babies named Hervey between 1880 and 2017, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hervey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hervey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Hervey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Hervey in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hervey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,125 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.