NameTides

Harvey

Harvey was the #251 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,381 babies), and #138 in England & Wales and #199 in Canada.

Harvey as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Harvey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaUSIreland
Harvey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#251 (1,381)#138 (372)#174 (24)#185 (11)#252 (18)#199 (170)#28 (187)#15 (256)
2024#245 (1,446)#114 (465)#152 (30)#154 (14)#179 (28)#245 (133)#28 (192)#15 (258)
2023#326 (1,028)#114 (448)#241 (17)#169 (13)#172 (30)#194 (167)#30 (196)#15 (228)
2022#402 (797)#109 (512)#175 (27)#177 (12)#157 (36)#298 (106)#34 (197)#15 (246)
2021#421 (733)#95 (627)#137 (38)#150 (16)#137 (46)#280 (124)#31 (234)#25 (202)
2020#416 (714)#86 (662)#150 (34)#111 (24)#174 (30)#260 (128)#31 (222)#25 (209)
2019#403 (773)#78 (769)#133 (44)#169 (14)#143 (42)#248 (143)#30 (230)#15 (273)
2018#443 (683)#78 (779)#137 (45)#114 (22)#180 (31)#283 (121)#42 (200)#23 (208)
2017#383 (856)#66 (951)#108 (59)#129 (21)#145 (42)#254 (145)#27 (250)#18 (236)
2016#412 (778)#54 (1,102)#123 (53)#76 (44)#147 (43)#308 (113)#55 (172)#24 (209)
2015#439 (697)#50 (1,190)#98 (68)#102 (29)#136 (46)#376 (82)#61 (164)#37 (154)
2014#486 (578)#48 (1,228)#110 (58)#115 (27)#168 (38)#475 (62)—#44 (140)
2013#614 (406)#48 (1,276)#87 (72)#103 (29)#184 (34)#760 (31)—#64 (112)
2012#786 (288)#48 (1,456)#114 (56)#120 (23)#243 (22)#885 (25)—#74 (92)
2011#849 (251)#52 (1,388)#116 (54)#124 (23)#387 (10)#1,118 (18)—#67 (102)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1884 at #53.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 820common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 940common

Next year

On its recent trend, Harvey is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 930 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 760 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Harvey by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: #139MEWisconsin: #91WIVermont: #57VTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #213WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #77NDMinnesota: #63MNIllinois: #316ILMichigan: #156MINew York: #392NYMassachusetts: #307MAOregon: #170ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #94SDIowa: #135IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #222OHPennsylvania: #273PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #332CAUtah: #85UTColorado: #229CONebraska: #122NEMissouri: #214MOKentucky: #221KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #316VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #242AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #253TNNorth Carolina: #256NCSouth Carolina: #275SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #301ALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #375TXFlorida: #373FL
Harvey (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#21366
Quebec2025#6236

Harvey (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HarveyCanadaBoys#199170
HarveyEngland & WalesBoys#138372
HarveyIrelandBoys#25218
HarveyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HarveyNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
HarveyNSWBoys#28187
HarveyScotlandBoys#17424
HarveyUSGirls#6,11619
HarveyUSBoys#2511,381
HarveyVICBoys#15256