Herb
- Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,007since 1884
Herb over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Herb has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,175 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,028 | 55 |
| 1961 | #1,035 | 57 |
| 1960 | #927 | 66 |
| 1959 | #1,026 | 56 |
| 1958 | #962 | 62 |
| 1957 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #831 | 70 |
| 1946 | #856 | 59 |
| 1945 | #830 | 57 |
| 1944 | #888 | 51 |
| 1943 | #986 | 46 |
| 1942 | #795 | 65 |
| 1941 | #786 | 63 |
| 1940 | #939 | 46 |
| 1939 | #818 | 55 |
| 1938 | #921 | 47 |
| 1937 | #922 | 46 |
| 1936 | #949 | 42 |
| 1935 | #969 | 43 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 34 |
| 1933 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #1,413 | 26 |
| 1928 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Herb! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Herb is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Herb in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1935
- Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1948
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #764 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1935–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,349
- Highest: 1 in 16,349 boys born in 1884 were named Herb (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 326,888 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 26.5% of all boys named Herb (531) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #764 (1884) | #764 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,113 (1908) | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 65 | #1,986 (1917) | #2,449 |
| 1920s | 149 | #1,323 (1928) | #2,181 |
| 1930s | 394 | #818 (1939) | #1,058 |
| 1940s | 531 | #786 (1941) | #928 |
| 1950s | 320 | #962 (1958) | #1,470 |
| 1960s | 377 | #927 (1960) | #1,390 |
| 1970s | 84 | #1,847 (1970) | #3,394 |
| 1980s | 46 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,659 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,422 (1992) | #7,765 |
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.
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