Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Hervey

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1917

Peak era

1917

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

Quick answers about Hervey

An estimated 361 living Americans are named Hervey.

Hervey fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Hervey is approximately 51 years, with most bearers falling between 33 and 71 years old.

Not especially. Hervey has been declining since its 1917 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

1880Peak 19172025

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,125

Hervey last appeared in SSA records in 2017. Across its recorded history, about 1,125 American boys received the name.

Hervey peaked in 1917, when 30 boys were given the name.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,125 Americans named Hervey since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1917

Living profile

415

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age60

Core range35–76

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.