Herberta

Peak · girls
1919 · 11 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
106
since 1916

Herberta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Herberta has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,813, 1919girls
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Herberta! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Herberta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Herberta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Herberta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1946
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1919 at #2,813 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1920, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 102,738
  • Highest: 1 in 102,738 girls born in 1919 were named Herberta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 224,472 girls born in 1946 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 34.9% of all girls named Herberta (37) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s32#2,813 (1919)#3,486
1920s37#3,743 (1928)#4,245
1930s22#3,800 (1937)#4,086
1940s15#3,208 (1940)#3,601

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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