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.
Where Herbert is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#121 · 1 in 747
- Virginia#126 · 1 in 712
- Hawaii#142 · 1 in 606
- South Carolina#142 · 1 in 797
- District of Columbia#143 · 1 in 782
Best ever in a state: #8 in Hawaii, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #121 | 19 | 1 in 747 |
| Virginia | #126 | 52 | 1 in 712 |
| Hawaii | #142 | 10 | 1 in 606 |
| South Carolina | #142 | 29 | 1 in 797 |
| District of Columbia | #143 | 16 | 1 in 782 |
| Maryland | #144 | 33 | 1 in 897 |
| Florida | #145 | 64 | 1 in 745 |
| Massachusetts | #153 | 26 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Mississippi | #154 | 28 | 1 in 763 |
| Louisiana | #156 | 47 | 1 in 751 |
| Pennsylvania | #158 | 69 | 1 in 1,384 |
| Tennessee | #172 | 31 | 1 in 1,079 |
| North Carolina | #176 | 41 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Georgia | #178 | 40 | 1 in 1,054 |
| Ohio | #178 | 58 | 1 in 1,598 |
| New York | #180 | 117 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Alabama | #194 | 27 | 1 in 1,130 |
| Arkansas | #195 | 13 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Illinois | #196 | 62 | 1 in 1,537 |
| New Jersey | #196 | 31 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Missouri | #198 | 26 | 1 in 1,474 |
| Indiana | #201 | 27 | 1 in 1,686 |
| Kentucky | #207 | 17 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Nebraska | #207 | 7 | 1 in 1,693 |
| Connecticut | #220 | 10 | 1 in 2,384 |
| Michigan | #223 | 35 | 1 in 2,261 |
| New Mexico | #249 | 7 | 1 in 1,385 |
| Wisconsin | #251 | 11 | 1 in 3,482 |
| Oklahoma | #258 | 9 | 1 in 2,001 |
| Kansas | #267 | 7 | 1 in 2,276 |
| Texas | #269 | 63 | 1 in 1,592 |
| Iowa | #281 | 7 | 1 in 3,380 |
| Minnesota | #284 | 7 | 1 in 4,551 |
| Arizona | #293 | 7 | 1 in 2,039 |
| Colorado | #297 | 6 | 1 in 2,772 |
| Washington | #310 | 7 | 1 in 3,464 |
| California | #311 | 60 | 1 in 2,762 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 188,020 of them was named Herbert, which outranked 41.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,198Zetta10
- #4,198Zipporah10
- #4,198Zona10
- #4,493Herbert9
- #4,493Adonica9
- #4,493Adrain9
- #4,493Adraine9
- #4,866Adaline8
- #4,866Adrena8
- #4,866Agustina8
Tied with 372 names at #4,493; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 1,539 of them was named Herbert, which outranked 95.5% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.