Is Herbert a boy or girl name?
Herbert is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 55 boys were named Herbert, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.5% of the 229,328 US babies named Herbert were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,482
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Herbert since 1880
- 229,328
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 8,113 babies
Boys and girls named Herbert, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,257 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 5,660 | 10 | 0.2% |
| 1900s | 6,957 | 18 | 0.3% |
| 1910s | 33,860 | 143 | 0.4% |
| 1920s | 56,531 | 315 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 37,821 | 229 | 0.6% |
| 1940s | 28,708 | 121 | 0.4% |
| 1950s | 24,296 | 109 | 0.4% |
| 1960s | 13,702 | 91 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 7,248 | 56 | 0.8% |
| 1980s | 4,463 | 25 | 0.6% |
| 1990s | 2,409 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 1,234 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 767 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 298 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55 | #2,482 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,156 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,254 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,509 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,303 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,469 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,036 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 77 | #1,886 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 80 | #1,867 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 79 | #1,858 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,931 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 79 | #1,816 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,969 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,786 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 99 | #1,591 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,674 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,484 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,519 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,405 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,297 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,346 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 120 | #1,222 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 161 | #978 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 148 | #1,011 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 157 | #966 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 151 | #958 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 193 | #793 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 195 | #763 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 204 | #744 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 217 | #725 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 235 | #674 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 273 | #623 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 307 | #586 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 285 | #604 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 349 | #529 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 350 | #512 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 400 | #450 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 349 | #475 | 5 | #11,952 |
| 1986 | 382 | #439 | 5 | #11,567 |
| 1985 | 430 | #410 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 437 | #391 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 481 | #364 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 515 | #355 | 5 | #11,088 |
| 1981 | 551 | #336 | 5 | #10,971 |
| 1980 | 568 | #331 | 5 | #10,945 |
| 1979 | 617 | #313 | 6 | #9,390 |
| 1978 | 568 | #313 | 5 | #10,308 |
| 1977 | 587 | #317 | 7 | #7,814 |
| 1976 | 632 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 671 | #287 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 677 | #277 | 7 | #7,156 |
| 1973 | 707 | #267 | 9 | #5,724 |
| 1972 | 804 | #252 | 5 | #8,731 |
| 1971 | 951 | #241 | 11 | #4,915 |
| 1970 | 1,034 | #230 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1969 | 1,008 | #227 | 5 | #7,877 |
| 1968 | 1,056 | #217 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 1,152 | #201 | 9 | #4,743 |
| 1966 | 1,159 | #203 | 9 | #4,628 |
| 1965 | 1,380 | #183 | 12 | #3,815 |
| 1964 | 1,391 | #201 | 10 | #4,456 |
| 1963 | 1,505 | #196 | 6 | #6,129 |
| 1962 | 1,579 | #190 | 16 | #3,213 |
| 1961 | 1,688 | #181 | 12 | #3,860 |
| 1960 | 1,784 | #176 | 12 | #3,777 |
| 1959 | 1,843 | #169 | 6 | #5,820 |
| 1958 | 2,085 | #157 | 7 | #5,080 |
| 1957 | 2,279 | #151 | 9 | #4,346 |
| 1956 | 2,397 | #137 | 8 | #4,597 |
| 1955 | 2,504 | #129 | 17 | #2,765 |
| 1954 | 2,591 | #128 | 12 | #3,392 |
| 1953 | 2,616 | #125 | 11 | #3,555 |
| 1952 | 2,656 | #115 | 16 | #2,721 |
| 1951 | 2,704 | #112 | 15 | #2,735 |
| 1950 | 2,621 | #112 | 8 | #4,091 |
| 1949 | 2,731 | #107 | 12 | #3,066 |
| 1948 | 2,870 | #103 | 12 | #3,041 |
| 1947 | 2,857 | #104 | 15 | #2,685 |
| 1946 | 2,819 | #97 | 9 | #3,509 |
| 1945 | 2,664 | #94 | 18 | #2,013 |
| 1944 | 2,773 | #90 | 9 | #3,223 |
| 1943 | 3,043 | #86 | 11 | #2,926 |
| 1942 | 3,112 | #83 | 7 | #3,891 |
| 1941 | 2,964 | #76 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1940 | 2,875 | #75 | 16 | #2,054 |
| 1939 | 3,097 | #68 | 18 | #1,912 |
| 1938 | 3,014 | #68 | 15 | #2,159 |
| 1937 | 3,040 | #65 | 13 | #2,369 |
| 1936 | 3,117 | #62 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1935 | 3,436 | #58 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1934 | 3,601 | #57 | 11 | #2,635 |
| 1933 | 3,685 | #49 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1932 | 4,368 | #44 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1931 | 4,788 | #41 | 36 | #1,206 |
| 1930 | 5,675 | #35 | 47 | #1,078 |
| 1929 | 7,881 | #25 | 48 | #1,056 |
| 1928 | 8,065 | #25 | 48 | #1,090 |
| 1927 | 5,017 | #42 | 39 | #1,266 |
| 1926 | 4,939 | #44 | 41 | #1,204 |
| 1925 | 4,924 | #42 | 32 | #1,452 |
| 1924 | 5,121 | #41 | 28 | #1,626 |
| 1923 | 5,071 | #40 | 20 | #1,975 |
| 1922 | 5,047 | #40 | 19 | #2,056 |
| 1921 | 5,217 | #42 | 21 | #1,949 |
| 1920 | 5,249 | #41 | 19 | #2,035 |
| 1919 | 4,960 | #40 | 21 | #1,821 |
| 1918 | 5,128 | #40 | 20 | #1,912 |
| 1917 | 4,745 | #40 | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1916 | 4,463 | #40 | 16 | #2,070 |
| 1915 | 4,341 | #40 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1914 | 3,253 | #42 | 14 | #1,852 |
| 1913 | 2,723 | #39 | 10 | #2,088 |
| 1912 | 2,236 | #39 | 12 | #1,659 |
| 1911 | 1,125 | #41 | 10 | #1,587 |
| 1910 | 886 | #41 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 831 | #37 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 759 | #36 | 6 | #1,959 |
| 1907 | 710 | #39 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 689 | #37 | 5 | #2,068 |
| 1905 | 681 | #37 | 7 | #1,601 |
| 1904 | 680 | #37 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 668 | #34 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 615 | #36 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 573 | #35 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 751 | #36 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 590 | #33 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 716 | #34 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 565 | #35 | 5 | #1,650 |
| 1896 | 635 | #34 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 569 | #36 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 585 | #36 | 5 | #1,575 |
| 1893 | 519 | #41 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 513 | #43 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 501 | #38 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 467 | #42 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 472 | #42 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 485 | #43 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 445 | #41 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 400 | #46 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 388 | #45 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 421 | #46 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 422 | #41 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 431 | #40 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 369 | #40 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 424 | #38 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Herbert reached #25 in 1928. As a girl name, it reached #1,056 in 1929. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Herbert
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.