# Hervé (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/herve/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 560 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 560 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 5 | 6,174 |
| 1980 | 18 | 2,657 |
| 1981 | 10 | 3,957 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,246 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,281 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,861 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,379 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,409 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,335 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,807 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,263 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,382 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,279 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,114 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,119 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |

## People named Hervé

- Hervé Renard, French association football coach
- Hervé Villechaize, French actor (1943–1993)
- Hervé Le Tellier, French writer and linguist
- Hervé Faye, French astronomer (1814–1902)
- Hervé Guibert, French writer, photographer and journalist (1955-1991)
- Hervé Revelli, French footballer (born 1946)
- Hervé Morin, French politician
- Hervé de Charette, French politician
- Hervé Flandin, French biathlete
- Hervé Vilard, French singer
- Hervé Kage, Belgian footballer
- Hervé Granger-Veyron, fencer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.