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.

Herbert

#169 most common boys' name of all time · #352 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#169
Rank overall
#352 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
229,383
Since 2016
632
Peak year
1928 #25
Best rank
#25 1928
Girls Boys peak 8,113/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Herbert is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 49 49 #2,641
2024 — 56 56 #2,445
2023 — 68 68 #2,129
2022 — 65 65 #2,217
2021 — 53 53 #2,499
2020 — 59 59 #2,292
2019 — 54 54 #2,464
2018 — 71 71 #2,029
2017 — 77 77 #1,885
2016 — 80 80 #1,863
2015 — 79 79 #1,853
2014 — 75 75 #1,920
2013 — 79 79 #1,812
2012 — 72 72 #1,959
2011 — 81 81 #1,780
2010 — 99 99 #1,588
2009 — 94 94 #1,665
2008 — 110 110 #1,482
2007 — 104 104 #1,516
2006 — 113 113 #1,402
2005 — 118 118 #1,296
2004 — 109 109 #1,343
2003 — 120 120 #1,220
2002 — 161 161 #977
2001 — 148 148 #1,010
2000 — 157 157 #966
1999 — 151 151 #956
1998 — 193 193 #790
1997 — 195 195 #763
1996 — 204 204 #744
1995 — 217 217 #725
1994 — 235 235 #675
1993 — 273 273 #623
1992 — 307 307 #584
1991 — 285 285 #604
1990 — 349 349 #529
1989 — 350 350 #512
1988 — 400 400 #450
1987 5 349 354 #475
1986 5 382 387 #439
1985 — 430 430 #410
1984 — 437 437 #391
1983 — 481 481 #363
1982 5 515 520 #355
1981 5 551 556 #336
1980 5 568 573 #331
1979 6 617 623 #313
1978 5 568 573 #313
1977 7 587 594 #317
1976 — 632 632 #295
1975 — 671 671 #287
1974 7 677 684 #277
1973 9 707 716 #267
1972 5 804 809 #252
1971 11 951 962 #241
1970 6 1,034 1,040 #230
1969 5 1,008 1,013 #227
1968 — 1,056 1,056 #217
1967 9 1,152 1,161 #201
1966 9 1,159 1,168 #203
1965 12 1,380 1,392 #183
1964 10 1,392 1,402 #201
1963 6 1,504 1,510 #196
1962 16 1,580 1,596 #190
1961 12 1,688 1,700 #181
1960 12 1,782 1,794 #176
1959 6 1,844 1,850 #169
1958 7 2,087 2,094 #157
1957 9 2,278 2,287 #151
1956 8 2,397 2,405 #137
1955 17 2,504 2,521 #129
1954 12 2,591 2,603 #128
1953 11 2,617 2,628 #125
1952 16 2,656 2,672 #115
1951 15 2,703 2,718 #112
1950 8 2,621 2,629 #112
1949 12 2,731 2,743 #107
1948 12 2,872 2,884 #103
1947 15 2,856 2,871 #104
1946 9 2,818 2,827 #97
1945 18 2,664 2,682 #94
1944 9 2,773 2,782 #90
1943 11 3,044 3,055 #86
1942 7 3,113 3,120 #83
1941 12 2,964 2,976 #76
1940 16 2,875 2,891 #75
1939 18 3,097 3,115 #68
1938 15 3,014 3,029 #68
1937 13 3,040 3,053 #65
1936 19 3,117 3,136 #62
1935 18 3,437 3,455 #58
1934 11 3,600 3,611 #57
1933 21 3,685 3,706 #49
1932 31 4,368 4,399 #44
1931 36 4,788 4,824 #41
1930 47 5,675 5,722 #35
1929 48 7,881 7,929 #25
1928 48 8,065 8,113 #25
1927 39 5,017 5,056 #42
1926 41 4,939 4,980 #44
1925 32 4,924 4,956 #42
1924 28 5,121 5,149 #41
1923 20 5,071 5,091 #40
1922 19 5,047 5,066 #40
1921 21 5,217 5,238 #42
1920 19 5,249 5,268 #41
1919 21 4,960 4,981 #40
1918 20 5,128 5,148 #40
1917 22 4,745 4,767 #40
1916 16 4,463 4,479 #40
1915 18 4,341 4,359 #40
1914 14 3,253 3,267 #42
1913 10 2,723 2,733 #39
1912 12 2,236 2,248 #39
1911 10 1,125 1,135 #41
1910 — 886 886 #41
1909 — 831 831 #37
1908 6 759 765 #36
1907 — 710 710 #39
1906 5 689 694 #37
1905 7 681 688 #37
1904 — 680 680 #37
1903 — 668 668 #34
1902 — 615 615 #36
1901 — 573 573 #35
1900 — 751 751 #36
1899 — 590 590 #33
1898 — 716 716 #34
1897 5 565 570 #35
1896 — 635 635 #34
1895 — 569 569 #36
1894 5 585 590 #36
1893 — 519 519 #41
1892 — 513 513 #43
1891 — 501 501 #38
1890 — 467 467 #42
1889 — 472 472 #42
1888 — 485 485 #43
1887 — 445 445 #41
1886 — 400 400 #46
1885 — 388 388 #45
1884 — 421 421 #46
1883 — 422 422 #41
1882 — 431 431 #40
1881 — 369 369 #40
1880 — 424 424 #38