Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Herb

#3,131 most common boys' name of all time · #7,602 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–1993

Rank among boys
#3,131
Rank overall
#7,602 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
2,007
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #833
Best rank
#795 1941
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
19001920194019601980

Herb first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1993 6 6 #7,685
1992 6 6 #7,474
1991 5 5 #8,312
1989 6 6 #7,001
1988 6 6 #6,477
1985 8 8 #4,736
1984 6 6 #5,615
1982 5 5 #6,451
1981 6 6 #5,524
1980 9 9 #4,168
1977 7 7 #4,625
1976 6 6 #4,988
1975 7 7 #4,364
1973 10 10 #3,261
1972 13 13 #2,681
1971 18 18 #2,219
1970 23 23 #1,854
1969 18 18 #1,989
1968 19 19 #1,856
1967 22 22 #1,666
1966 18 18 #1,829
1965 35 35 #1,306
1964 44 44 #1,165
1963 43 43 #1,179
1962 55 55 #1,029
1961 57 57 #1,037
1960 66 66 #929
1959 56 56 #1,030
1958 62 62 #964
1957 48 48 #1,106
1956 28 28 #1,490
1955 20 20 #1,746
1954 15 15 #2,060
1953 20 20 #1,730
1952 19 19 #1,761
1951 28 28 #1,413
1950 24 24 #1,516
1949 32 32 #1,282
1948 42 42 #1,099
1947 70 70 #833
1946 59 59 #861
1945 57 57 #835
1944 51 51 #894
1943 46 46 #993
1942 65 65 #802
1941 63 63 #795
1940 46 46 #945
1939 55 55 #824
1938 47 47 #924
1937 46 46 #927
1936 42 42 #958
1935 43 43 #975
1934 34 34 #1,139
1933 27 27 #1,296
1932 28 28 #1,298
1931 34 34 #1,179
1930 38 38 #1,143
1929 26 26 #1,427
1928 30 30 #1,336
1927 20 20 #1,763
1926 18 18 #1,867
1925 14 14 #2,225
1924 13 13 #2,380
1923 8 8 #3,216
1921 9 9 #3,019
1920 11 11 #2,629
1919 7 7 #3,438
1917 15 15 #2,017
1916 11 11 #2,431
1915 12 12 #2,208
1914 7 7 #2,689
1913 7 7 #2,325
1912 6 6 #2,328
1909 5 5 #1,541
1908 7 7 #1,169
1895 5 5 #1,182
1884 7 7 #843