first name
HERBERT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 71,489 people named Herbert, 65.9% reported their origin as White, 22.5% as Black and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Herbert peaked in 1928, when 8,113 babies got the name.
At least 229,383 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Herbert by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #84. The largest share of babies named Herbert, 35.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Herbert is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Herbert has been most common in Hawaii (2.6×), South Carolina (2.1×), and Maine (1.9×), and least common in Utah (0.17×).
208,237 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Herbert
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Herbert, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Herbert ranks #1,422 of 156,621, with 24,361 people. See Herbert as a last name
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