Boys' name · since 1919
Hervie
Hervie has 39 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,876 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
39 boys have been named Hervie since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hervie has 39 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1955.
- #23,876 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 39 born since 1919
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hervie ranks #23,876 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1919, peaking in the 1940s.
- #23,876 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Hervie's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hervie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hervie's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hervie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1955
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Hervie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (14 births, 36% of the file).
1940s was Hervie's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Hervie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
8 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
14 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 14 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Hervie's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1950s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hervie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hervie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.