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Harvey
Pronounced /ˈhɑ(ɹ)vi/
Rank in 2024
#245
Born in 2024
1,441
Peak year
1921 · #87
Origin
Celtic
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,441 boys were named Harvey, about 1 in every 1,190.
- It peaked in 1921 with 2,287 babies, ranked #87.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 126,529 boys have been named Harvey since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Harvey per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.0Greatest1901–27
- 1.8Silent1928–45
- 0.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 33,621 babies, 2.01 per 1,000. Silent: 36,714 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Boomers: 27,023 babies, 0.72 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,406 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,347 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,670 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,481 babies, 0.44 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Haerviu, name of a Breton saint, from Old Breton hoiarn (“iron”) + viu (“blazing”). Cognate with modern Breton Haerviu. In Ireland, used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó hAirmheadhaigh and Ó hEarchaidh. The civil parish in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of British colonial administrator John Harvey (1778 - 1852).
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A male given name from the Celtic languages, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.
- Origin
- Celtic
- Say it
- /ˈhɑ(ɹ)vi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0.