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Baby name
Harvey
Boy
Origin of the name
Harvey comes from the Breton name Haerviu, the same as the French Hervé, brought to England after 1066.
Comeback name
127,925births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 87rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Harvey are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Harvey is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Harvey is most common in South Dakota (2.3 times), North Dakota (2.3) and Mississippi (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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