Ervey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ER-vee
- Origin
- Celtic
Ervey is a boys' name of Celtic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Ervey come from?
Celtic: perhaps a variant of Hervey or Harvey, from Breton Haerviu
Is Ervey a girl's or a boy's name?
Ervey is a boys' name.
How popular is Ervey in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Ervey in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ervey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
Names like Ervey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brody, Brayden, Kody, Brennan, Aiden, Rowdy, Kayden, Declan, Kenan, Braden, Cannon
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ervey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ervey, updated 20 October 2026.