Herb is an uncommon boys' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Herb is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1993. Herb was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1947 (70 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 6 | — | #8,013 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #7,820 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #8,693 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,339 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #6,730 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #4,862 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #5,859 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #6,728 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,782 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #4,274 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #4,792 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,187 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,511 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #3,303 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #2,731 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #2,235 |
| 1970 | 23 | — | #1,870 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | #2,010 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | #1,862 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | #1,683 |
| 1966 | 18 | — | #1,846 |
| 1965 | 35 | — | #1,303 |
| 1964 | 44 | — | #1,164 |
| 1963 | 43 | — | #1,186 |
| 1962 | 55 | — | #1,031 |
| 1961 | 57 | — | #1,040 |
| 1960 | 66 | — | #932 |
| 1959 | 56 | — | #1,028 |
| 1958 | 62 | — | #965 |
| 1957 | 48 | — | #1,106 |
| 1956 | 28 | — | #1,495 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,756 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #2,076 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | #1,735 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | #1,772 |
| 1951 | 28 | — | #1,418 |
| 1950 | 24 | — | #1,513 |
| 1949 | 32 | — | #1,288 |
| 1948 | 42 | — | #1,098 |
| 1947 | 70 | — | #833 |
| 1946 | 59 | — | #857 |
| 1945 | 57 | — | #831 |
| 1944 | 51 | — | #890 |
| 1943 | 46 | — | #988 |
| 1942 | 65 | — | #799 |
| 1941 | 63 | — | #791 |
| 1940 | 46 | — | #944 |
| 1939 | 55 | — | #822 |
| 1938 | 47 | — | #923 |
| 1937 | 46 | — | #926 |
| 1936 | 42 | — | #958 |
| 1935 | 43 | — | #973 |
| 1934 | 34 | — | #1,138 |
| 1933 | 27 | — | #1,291 |
| 1932 | 28 | — | #1,305 |
| 1931 | 34 | — | #1,180 |
| 1930 | 38 | — | #1,143 |
| 1929 | 26 | — | #1,427 |
| 1928 | 30 | — | #1,338 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | #1,773 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | #1,866 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,246 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,399 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,291 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | #3,088 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,667 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,559 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | #2,035 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,452 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,235 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,772 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,367 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,399 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,564 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,153 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,160 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #810 |