Is Harvey a boy or girl name?
Harvey is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 26 girls and 1,441 boys were named Harvey, so 1.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.7% of the 127,377 US babies named Harvey were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #244
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,054
- Babies named Harvey since 1880
- 127,377
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 2,294 babies
Boys and girls named Harvey, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,123 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 2,822 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 1900s | 3,104 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 13,304 | 94 | 0.7% |
| 1920s | 21,785 | 181 | 0.8% |
| 1930s | 19,906 | 143 | 0.7% |
| 1940s | 20,763 | 108 | 0.5% |
| 1950s | 14,248 | 75 | 0.5% |
| 1960s | 7,783 | 52 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 3,909 | 12 | 0.3% |
| 1980s | 2,412 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 1,654 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 1,508 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 5,498 | 72 | 1.3% |
| 2020s | 4,710 | 106 | 2.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,441 | #244 | 26 | #5,054 |
| 2023 | 1,028 | #326 | 26 | #5,041 |
| 2022 | 794 | #403 | 18 | #6,542 |
| 2021 | 733 | #421 | 20 | #6,029 |
| 2020 | 714 | #416 | 16 | #7,032 |
| 2019 | 773 | #404 | 12 | #8,783 |
| 2018 | 683 | #443 | 10 | #10,077 |
| 2017 | 856 | #383 | 19 | #6,371 |
| 2016 | 778 | #412 | 13 | #8,571 |
| 2015 | 697 | #439 | 8 | #12,248 |
| 2014 | 578 | #486 | 5 | #17,492 |
| 2013 | 406 | #614 | 5 | #17,532 |
| 2012 | 288 | #786 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 250 | #852 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,027 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 181 | #1,050 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,214 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,172 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 143 | #1,180 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 162 | #1,035 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 153 | #1,054 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,104 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 138 | #1,085 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 134 | #1,076 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 162 | #940 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 143 | #990 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 139 | #991 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 153 | #903 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 142 | #922 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 145 | #920 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 170 | #813 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 180 | #788 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 177 | #790 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 191 | #737 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 214 | #693 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 232 | #656 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 254 | #579 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 216 | #619 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 189 | #650 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 233 | #576 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 206 | #589 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 259 | #519 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 254 | #538 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 285 | #496 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 284 | #501 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 298 | #479 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 320 | #444 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 319 | #449 | 5 | #10,158 |
| 1976 | 327 | #429 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 339 | #424 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 425 | #370 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 401 | #386 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 443 | #373 | 7 | #6,797 |
| 1971 | 495 | #363 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 542 | #347 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 577 | #323 | 7 | #6,179 |
| 1968 | 630 | #300 | 5 | #7,404 |
| 1967 | 623 | #294 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 661 | #290 | 5 | #6,930 |
| 1965 | 722 | #279 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 865 | #262 | 6 | #6,277 |
| 1963 | 887 | #257 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 859 | #260 | 9 | #4,661 |
| 1961 | 958 | #252 | 9 | #4,664 |
| 1960 | 1,001 | #252 | 11 | #4,004 |
| 1959 | 1,082 | #245 | 11 | #3,900 |
| 1958 | 1,178 | #224 | 8 | #4,655 |
| 1957 | 1,278 | #209 | 5 | #6,435 |
| 1956 | 1,379 | #198 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 1,289 | #200 | 9 | #4,176 |
| 1954 | 1,460 | #182 | 7 | #4,866 |
| 1953 | 1,535 | #172 | 7 | #4,754 |
| 1952 | 1,594 | #165 | 7 | #4,649 |
| 1951 | 1,642 | #159 | 9 | #3,818 |
| 1950 | 1,811 | #147 | 12 | #3,127 |
| 1949 | 1,936 | #142 | 5 | #5,549 |
| 1948 | 2,004 | #138 | 9 | #3,701 |
| 1947 | 2,207 | #131 | 10 | #3,547 |
| 1946 | 2,058 | #125 | 10 | #3,309 |
| 1945 | 1,974 | #116 | 15 | #2,272 |
| 1944 | 1,951 | #118 | 13 | #2,554 |
| 1943 | 2,244 | #111 | 13 | #2,613 |
| 1942 | 2,284 | #107 | 8 | #3,549 |
| 1941 | 2,017 | #106 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1940 | 2,088 | #98 | 14 | #2,236 |
| 1939 | 1,946 | #102 | 17 | #1,982 |
| 1938 | 2,051 | #99 | 17 | #1,975 |
| 1937 | 2,081 | #95 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1936 | 1,970 | #97 | 12 | #2,432 |
| 1935 | 1,958 | #99 | 10 | #2,815 |
| 1934 | 1,934 | #99 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1933 | 1,896 | #97 | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1932 | 2,030 | #95 | 17 | #1,987 |
| 1931 | 1,978 | #93 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1930 | 2,062 | #92 | 10 | #2,936 |
| 1929 | 2,063 | #90 | 13 | #2,495 |
| 1928 | 2,187 | #90 | 16 | #2,233 |
| 1927 | 2,201 | #94 | 21 | #1,910 |
| 1926 | 2,128 | #90 | 30 | #1,494 |
| 1925 | 2,190 | #88 | 18 | #2,144 |
| 1924 | 2,242 | #88 | 23 | #1,832 |
| 1923 | 2,115 | #91 | 16 | #2,309 |
| 1922 | 2,207 | #88 | 16 | #2,329 |
| 1921 | 2,287 | #87 | 7 | #4,201 |
| 1920 | 2,165 | #87 | 21 | #1,914 |
| 1919 | 2,028 | #85 | 18 | #2,022 |
| 1918 | 2,111 | #88 | 20 | #1,910 |
| 1917 | 1,808 | #90 | 13 | #2,474 |
| 1916 | 1,763 | #92 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1915 | 1,613 | #95 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1914 | 1,250 | #95 | 7 | #3,013 |
| 1913 | 1,028 | #93 | 5 | #3,402 |
| 1912 | 875 | #91 | 7 | #2,481 |
| 1911 | 446 | #91 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 382 | #89 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 361 | #83 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 339 | #82 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 335 | #77 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 351 | #72 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 286 | #85 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 300 | #79 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 293 | #74 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 264 | #82 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 253 | #76 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 322 | #81 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 251 | #79 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 284 | #74 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 268 | #72 | 5 | #1,647 |
| 1896 | 292 | #70 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 282 | #70 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 293 | #67 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 284 | #68 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 298 | #69 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 274 | #65 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 296 | #65 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 311 | #64 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 334 | #62 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 262 | #65 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 310 | #60 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 304 | #59 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 358 | #53 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 318 | #53 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 300 | #61 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 282 | #58 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 344 | #51 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Harvey reached #51 in 1880. As a girl name, it reached #1,494 in 1926. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.