Herb
Herb is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 791st, in 1941.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194770 births
- Best rank
- #791in 1941
- Since 1884
- 2,008people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,008 boys have been named Herb in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 70 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 70 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1940s alone account for 26%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Herb | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 65 | |
| 1920s | 149 | |
| 1930s | 394 | |
| 1940s | 531 | |
| 1950s | 321 | |
| 1960s | 377 | |
| 1970s | 84 | |
| 1980s | 46 | |
| 1990s | 17 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Herb was the 833rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Herb
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Donpeak 1946
- Geraldpeak 1942
- Jerepeak 1941
- Billpeak 1947
- Gearldpeak 1941
- Geroldpeak 1939
- Freddiepeak 1947
- Bennypeak 1948
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.