Herbert
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 8,065 births
- Debut · boys
- 424 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 67 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 228,266since 1880
Herbert over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,641 | 49 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,444 | 56 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,129 | 68 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,217 | 65 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,499 | 53 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,292 | 59 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,464 | 54 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,029 | 71 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,883 | 77 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,863 | 80 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,853 | 79 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,920 | 75 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,811 | 79 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,959 | 72 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,780 | 81 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,588 | 99 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,665 | 94 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,482 | 110 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,516 | 104 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,402 | 113 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,296 | 118 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,343 | 109 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,220 | 120 | |
| 2002 | — | #976 | 161 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,010 | 148 | |
| 2000 | — | #965 | 157 | |
| 1999 | — | #956 | 151 | |
| 1998 | — | #790 | 193 | |
| 1997 | — | #763 | 195 | |
| 1996 | — | #744 | 204 | |
| 1995 | — | #725 | 217 | |
| 1994 | — | #674 | 235 | |
| 1993 | — | #623 | 273 | |
| 1992 | — | #584 | 307 | |
| 1991 | — | #604 | 285 | |
| 1990 | — | #529 | 349 | |
| 1989 | — | #512 | 350 | |
| 1988 | — | #450 | 400 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #475 | 349 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #439 | 382 |
| 1985 | — | #410 | 430 | |
| 1984 | — | #391 | 437 | |
| 1983 | — | #363 | 481 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #355 | 515 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #336 | 551 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #331 | 568 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #313 | 617 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #313 | 568 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #317 | 587 |
| 1976 | — | #295 | 632 | |
| 1975 | — | #287 | 671 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #277 | 677 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #267 | 707 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #252 | 804 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #241 | 951 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #230 | 1,034 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #227 | 1,008 |
| 1968 | — | #217 | 1,056 | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #201 | 1,152 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #203 | 1,159 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #183 | 1,380 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #201 | 1,392 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #196 | 1,504 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | #190 | 1,580 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #181 | 1,688 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #176 | 1,782 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #169 | 1,844 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #157 | 2,087 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #151 | 2,278 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #137 | 2,397 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #129 | 2,504 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #128 | 2,591 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #125 | 2,617 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #115 | 2,656 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #112 | 2,703 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #112 | 2,621 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #107 | 2,731 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #103 | 2,872 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #104 | 2,856 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #97 | 2,818 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | #94 | 2,664 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #90 | 2,773 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #86 | 3,044 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #83 | 3,113 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #76 | 2,964 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #75 | 2,875 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #68 | 3,097 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #68 | 3,014 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #65 | 3,040 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #62 | 3,117 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #58 | 3,437 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #57 | 3,600 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | #49 | 3,685 |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 | #44 | 4,368 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 | #41 | 4,788 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 | #35 | 5,675 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 | #25 | 7,881 |
| 1928 | #1,085 | 48 | #25 | 8,065 |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 | #42 | 5,017 |
| 1926 | #1,198 | 41 | #44 | 4,939 |
| 1925 | #1,443 | 32 | #42 | 4,924 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | #41 | 5,121 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | #40 | 5,071 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | #40 | 5,047 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | #42 | 5,217 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #41 | 5,249 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 | #40 | 4,960 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #40 | 5,128 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #40 | 4,745 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #40 | 4,463 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | #40 | 4,341 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #42 | 3,253 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #39 | 2,723 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #39 | 2,236 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #41 | 1,125 |
| 1910 | — | #41 | 886 | |
| 1909 | — | #37 | 831 | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #36 | 759 |
| 1907 | — | #39 | 710 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #37 | 689 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #37 | 681 |
| 1904 | — | #37 | 680 | |
| 1903 | — | #34 | 668 | |
| 1902 | — | #36 | 615 | |
| 1901 | — | #35 | 573 | |
| 1900 | — | #36 | 751 | |
| 1899 | — | #33 | 590 | |
| 1898 | — | #34 | 716 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #35 | 565 |
| 1896 | — | #34 | 635 | |
| 1895 | — | #36 | 569 | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #36 | 585 |
| 1893 | — | #41 | 519 | |
| 1892 | — | #43 | 513 | |
| 1891 | — | #38 | 501 | |
| 1890 | — | #42 | 467 | |
| 1889 | — | #41 | 472 | |
| 1888 | — | #43 | 485 | |
| 1887 | — | #41 | 445 | |
| 1886 | — | #46 | 400 | |
| 1885 | — | #45 | 388 | |
| 1884 | — | #46 | 421 | |
| 1883 | — | #41 | 422 | |
| 1882 | — | #40 | 431 | |
| 1881 | — | #40 | 369 | |
| 1880 | — | #38 | 424 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Herbert was already there! It came in at #38, and was given to 424 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2018–2025, when fewer than 72 boys a year got the name.
See more about Herbert
- 197 spots since 2024 (#2,444 → #2,641)
- 349 spots since 2020 (#2,292 → #2,641)
- 788 spots since 2015 (#1,853 → #2,641)
- Biggest jump: 34 spots in 2002 (#1,010 → #976)
- Biggest drop: 244 spots in 2003 (#976 → #1,220)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1928 at #25 (8,065 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 67 yrs · run 1880–1946
- Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1880–2000
- Highest: 1 in 136 boys born in 1929 were named Herbert (0.73%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #25 in 1928, was only 1 in 137 (0.73%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.8% of all boys named Herbert (56,531) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,257 | #38 (1880) | #42 |
| 1890s | 5,660 | #33 (1899) | #37 |
| 1900s | 6,957 | #34 (1903) | #36 |
| 1910s | 33,860 | #39 (1913) | #40 |
| 1920s | 56,531 | #25 (1928) | #38 |
| 1930s | 37,821 | #35 (1930) | #55 |
| 1940s | 28,710 | #75 (1940) | #92 |
| 1950s | 24,298 | #112 (1951) | #134 |
| 1960s | 13,701 | #176 (1960) | #198 |
| 1970s | 7,248 | #230 (1970) | #279 |
| 1980s | 4,463 | #331 (1980) | #406 |
| 1990s | 2,409 | #529 (1990) | #699 |
| 2000s | 1,234 | #965 (2000) | #1,288 |
| 2010s | 767 | #1,588 (2010) | #1,915 |
| 2020s | 350 | #2,129 (2023) | #2,370 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Herbert in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 337,244 of them was named Herbert, which outranked 22.7% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,031Yong7
- #5,031Yuette7
- #5,031Zula7
- #5,566Herbert6
- #5,566Adana6
- #5,566Adeana6
- #5,566Adelfa6
- #6,245Abbigail5
- #6,245Abelina5
- #6,245Abigale5
Tied with 678 names at #5,566; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 1,158 of them was named Herbert, which outranked 96.3% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.