Herb
#3,131 most common boys' name of all time · #7,602 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |