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How popular is the name Harvey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Harveys are alive today.
Harvey (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 138th in 2025 with 372 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2005, when 2,431 babies were given the name, the 27th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 15% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 36,000 babies have been named Harvey in England and Wales since 1996.
The Harvey you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Harveys born in England and Wales are between 13 and 23, and there are at least 38,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Harvey.
How many babies are named Harvey each year?
Where does Harvey rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Harvey most popular?
Harvey peaked in 2005, when 2,431 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Harvey?
At least 38,000 people named Harvey born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Harvey?
Most living Harveys are between 13 and 23; the most common age is about 21.
Is Harvey becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.