first name
HERB
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,705 people named Herb, 78.5% reported their origin as White, 9.9% as Black and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Herb peaked in 1947, when 70 babies got the name.
At least 2,007 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Herb by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,981. The largest share of babies named Herb, 39.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Exactly as common as Herb
2 other first names also have 3,705 people.
Either side of Herb
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Herb, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Herb ranks #9,915 of 156,621, with 3,108 people. See Herb as a last name
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