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Harvey

Gender
Boy
Say it
HAR-vee
Origin
Celtic
UK rank, 2025
#139 for boys
US rank, 2025
#251 for boys

Classic

Harvey is a boys' name of Celtic origin, meaning “battle worthy”. In 2025 it ranked 139th for boys in the UK (407 babies) and 251st for boys in the US (1,381 babies).

What does Harvey mean?

Celtic: Breton Haerviu, brought to England by the Normans

“battle worthy”

Saint Hervé, a blind sixth-century Breton hermit, made the name popular in Brittany, and Bretons brought it to England after 1066.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Harvey a girl's or a boy's name?

Harvey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 407 boys in the UK and 19 girls and 1,381 boys in the US.

How popular is Harvey in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#139among boys
Babies in 2025
407about 1 in 740 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class
1.9%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 407 boys in the UK were named Harvey, making it the 139th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 91st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 2,539 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Harvey since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Harvey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 138th in England and Wales, 174th in Scotland and 185th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#32) and 2014 (#48).

1996Busiest: 2,539 in 20052025
Harvey in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025407#139
2024509#117
2023478#125
2022551#116
2021681#99
2020720#91
2019827#84
2018846#87
20171,031#69
20161,199#58
20151,287#53
20141,313#53
20131,377#52
20121,535#51
20111,465#54
20101,793#49
20092,192#39
20082,311#35
20072,281#33
20062,434#31
20052,539#32
20042,492#34
20032,160#39
20021,501#47
2001989#69
2000767#78
1999661#92
1998604#101
1997544#108
1996410#119

How popular is Harvey in the US?

Rank in 2025
#251among boys
Babies in 2025
1,381about 1 in 1,200 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 78% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,381 boys in the US were named Harvey, making it the 251st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 416th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 2,287 boys. 19 girls were also named Harvey in 2025 (6,115th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Harvey in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 2,287 in 19212025
Harvey in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,381#251
20241,446#245
20231,028#326
2022797#402
2021733#421
2020714#416
2019773#403
2018683#443
2017856#383
2016778#412
2015697#439
2014578#486
2013406#614
2012288#786
2011251#849
2010189#1,023
2009181#1,049
2008145#1,211
2007153#1,157
2006143#1,178
2005162#1,034
2004156#1,042
2003139#1,102
2002139#1,078
2001134#1,071
2000162#937
1999143#986
1998139#986
1997153#898
1996143#912
1995145#914
1994170#808
1993180#785
1992177#788
1991191#733
1990214#691
1989232#653
1988254#578
1987216#618
1986189#648
1985233#574
1984206#588
1983259#519
1982254#537
1981285#496
1980284#501
1979298#478
1978320#443
1977318#450
1976327#428
1975339#424
1974425#370
1973401#386
1972443#373
1971495#363
1970542#347
1969577#323
1968630#299
1967623#293
1966661#290
1965722#278
1964865#262
1963888#257
1962858#260
1961957#252
19601,003#252
19591,081#245
19581,178#224
19571,278#209
19561,379#198
19551,289#200
19541,460#181
19531,535#172
19521,594#165
19511,642#159
19501,811#147
19491,936#142
19482,003#138
19472,208#131
19462,058#125
19451,974#116
19441,951#118
19432,244#111
19422,284#107
19412,017#106
19402,088#98
19391,946#102
19382,051#99
19372,081#95
19361,970#96
19351,958#99
19341,934#99
19331,896#97
19322,030#95
19311,978#93
19302,062#92
19292,064#90
19282,186#90
19272,201#94
19262,128#90
19252,190#88
19242,242#88
19232,115#91
19222,207#88
19212,287#87
19202,165#87
19192,028#85
19182,111#88
19171,808#90
19161,763#92
19151,613#95
19141,250#95
19131,028#93
1912875#91
1911446#91
1910382#88
1909361#83
1908339#82
1907335#77
1906351#72
1905286#85
1904300#79
1903293#74
1902264#82
1901253#75
1900322#81
1899251#79
1898284#73
1897268#72
1896292#70
1895282#70
1894293#67
1893284#68
1892298#69
1891274#65
1890296#65
1889311#64
1888334#62
1887262#65
1886310#60
1885304#59
1884358#53
1883318#53
1882300#60
1881282#58
1880344#50

Nicknames for Harvey

Names like Harvey

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Harley Harry Leon Ellis Charlie Lewis Ollie Stanley Archie Henry William Leo

Other spellings of Harvey

Harvie

Names related to Harvey

Harvi

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Harvey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harvey, updated 20 October 2026.