Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Herve

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Bitter

Pronunciation

he(r)-ve

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1921 (rank #1508, 25 births); most recent 2023 (rank #9752, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20237
2022–
2021–
20206
20196
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #4329, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1967 (rank #16, 7,026 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3272, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #1256, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20236–
20225–
202110–
20203–
20194–
20187–
201712–
20167–
201511–
201410–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence