How Many People Are Named Ervey?
An estimated 217 people in the United States have the first name Ervey. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 32 years old, and Ervey peaked in popularity in 2001 with 12 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ervey as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ervey paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
217
About 1 in 1,579,513 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
32
years old
Peak Year
2001
12 births
Total Registered
226
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ervey
Ervey is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 226 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Ervey as a male name
Ranked #12,708 in 2021
5 male births in 2021
Peak: 2001 (12 births)
Ervey: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ervey span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 51 babies were registered. Ervey has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ervey by Decade
How has Ervey tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ervey by State
Ervey + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ervey as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ervey
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
Ervey: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ervey?
We estimate approximately 217 people named Ervey are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,579,513 Americans share this first name.
Is Ervey a common name?
Ervey is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 226 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ervey most popular?
Ervey reached peak popularity in 2001, when 12 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ervey is approximately 32 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ervey a male name?
Ervey is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ervey Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ervey Smith, Ervey Johnson, Ervey Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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