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.

Herby

#6,241 most common boys' name of all time · #15,573 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2005

Rank among boys
#6,241
Rank overall
#15,573 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
649
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1929 #1,846
Best rank
#1,708 1939
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
19201940196019802000

Herby first appears in 1918. 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
2005 — 6 6 #10,302
2001 — 5 5 #10,764
1999 — 5 5 #10,126
1998 — 6 6 #8,635
1997 — 6 6 #8,315
1996 — 5 5 #9,198
1995 — 5 5 #9,076
1993 — 6 6 #7,829
1992 — 9 9 #5,753
1991 — 6 6 #7,456
1990 — 13 13 #4,237
1989 — 7 7 #6,404
1988 — 5 5 #7,515
1986 — 7 7 #5,486
1985 — 7 7 #5,323
1983 — 9 9 #4,273
1982 — 5 5 #6,622
1977 — 6 6 #5,336
1976 — 8 8 #4,159
1975 — 8 8 #4,077
1974 — 5 5 #5,452
1973 — 6 6 #4,709
1972 — 5 5 #5,247
1971 — 8 8 #3,790
1969 — 8 8 #3,453
1967 — 6 6 #3,776
1966 — 8 8 #3,133
1965 — 8 8 #3,152
1963 — 10 10 #2,786
1962 — 7 7 #3,495
1961 — 8 8 #3,252
1960 — 8 8 #3,239
1959 — 8 8 #3,200
1958 — 16 16 #2,077
1957 — 8 8 #3,181
1956 — 15 15 #2,156
1954 — 9 9 #2,888
1953 — 12 12 #2,366
1952 — 10 10 #2,647
1951 — 12 12 #2,347
1950 — 13 13 #2,196
1949 — 14 14 #2,116
1948 — 10 10 #2,583
1947 — 13 13 #2,241
1946 — 12 12 #2,254
1945 — 11 11 #2,229
1944 — 10 10 #2,451
1943 — 16 16 #1,904
1942 — 11 11 #2,370
1941 — 12 12 #2,198
1940 — 9 9 #2,655
1939 — 17 17 #1,708
1938 — 16 16 #1,815
1937 — 11 11 #2,324
1936 — 15 15 #1,868
1935 — 12 12 #2,238
1934 — 16 16 #1,853
1933 — 14 14 #1,992
1932 — 13 13 #2,188
1931 — 5 5 #4,188
1930 — 10 10 #2,771
1929 — 18 18 #1,846
1928 — 17 17 #1,958
1927 — 7 7 #3,730
1926 — 9 9 #3,127
1925 — 5 5 #4,671
1924 — 5 5 #4,768
1920 — 12 12 #2,600
1918 — 5 5 #4,695