Herbert is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5679 for boy births in the United States, given to 49 babies. Herbert first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1928 (8,113 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #5,679 |
| 2024 | 56 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 68 | #4,582 |
| 2022 | 65 | #4,725 |
| 2021 | 53 | #5,380 |
| 2020 | 59 | #4,917 |
| 2019 | 54 | #5,314 |
| 2018 | 71 | #4,381 |
| 2017 | 77 | #4,168 |
| 2016 | 80 | #4,126 |
| 2015 | 79 | #4,124 |
| 2014 | 75 | #4,265 |
| 2013 | 79 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 72 | #4,398 |
| 2011 | 81 | #4,010 |
| 2010 | 99 | #3,537 |
| 2009 | 94 | #3,746 |
| 2008 | 110 | #3,352 |
| 2007 | 104 | #3,449 |
| 2006 | 113 | #3,168 |
| 2005 | 118 | #2,946 |
| 2004 | 109 | #3,062 |
| 2003 | 120 | #2,789 |
| 2002 | 161 | #2,178 |
| 2001 | 148 | #2,278 |
| 2000 | 157 | #2,171 |
| 1999 | 151 | #2,169 |
| 1998 | 193 | #1,799 |
| 1997 | 195 | #1,749 |
| 1996 | 204 | #1,661 |
| 1995 | 217 | #1,582 |
| 1994 | 235 | #1,505 |
| 1993 | 273 | #1,354 |
| 1992 | 307 | #1,273 |
| 1991 | 285 | #1,316 |
| 1990 | 349 | #1,165 |
| 1989 | 350 | #1,118 |
| 1988 | 400 | #999 |
| 1987 | 354 | #1,034 |
| 1986 | 387 | #959 |
| 1985 | 430 | #882 |
| 1984 | 437 | #850 |
| 1983 | 481 | #797 |
| 1982 | 520 | #775 |
| 1981 | 556 | #739 |
| 1980 | 573 | #725 |
| 1979 | 623 | #674 |
| 1978 | 573 | #684 |
| 1977 | 594 | #676 |
| 1976 | 632 | #632 |
| 1975 | 671 | #611 |
| 1974 | 684 | #597 |
| 1973 | 716 | #582 |
| 1972 | 809 | #549 |
| 1971 | 962 | #526 |
| 1970 | 1,040 | #511 |
| 1969 | 1,013 | #502 |
| 1968 | 1,056 | #464 |
| 1967 | 1,161 | #441 |
| 1966 | 1,168 | #447 |
| 1965 | 1,392 | #405 |
| 1964 | 1,402 | #431 |
| 1963 | 1,510 | #417 |
| 1962 | 1,596 | #402 |
| 1961 | 1,700 | #383 |
| 1960 | 1,794 | #371 |
| 1959 | 1,850 | #364 |
| 1958 | 2,094 | #336 |
| 1957 | 2,287 | #322 |
| 1956 | 2,405 | #292 |
| 1955 | 2,521 | #274 |
| 1954 | 2,603 | #270 |
| 1953 | 2,628 | #267 |
| 1952 | 2,672 | #251 |
| 1951 | 2,718 | #243 |
| 1950 | 2,629 | #239 |
| 1949 | 2,743 | #228 |
| 1948 | 2,884 | #219 |
| 1947 | 2,871 | #225 |
| 1946 | 2,827 | #212 |
| 1945 | 2,682 | #202 |
| 1944 | 2,782 | #190 |
| 1943 | 3,055 | #185 |
| 1942 | 3,120 | #174 |
| 1941 | 2,976 | #165 |
| 1940 | 2,891 | #162 |
| 1939 | 3,115 | #146 |
| 1938 | 3,029 | #152 |
| 1937 | 3,053 | #146 |
| 1936 | 3,136 | #142 |
| 1935 | 3,455 | #124 |
| 1934 | 3,611 | #126 |
| 1933 | 3,706 | #107 |
| 1932 | 4,399 | #92 |
| 1931 | 4,824 | #90 |
| 1930 | 5,722 | #75 |
| 1929 | 7,929 | #51 |
| 1928 | 8,113 | #51 |
| 1927 | 5,056 | #97 |
| 1926 | 4,980 | #96 |
| 1925 | 4,956 | #94 |
| 1924 | 5,149 | #92 |
| 1923 | 5,091 | #90 |
| 1922 | 5,066 | #89 |
| 1921 | 5,238 | #88 |
| 1920 | 5,268 | #86 |
| 1919 | 4,981 | #88 |
| 1918 | 5,148 | #90 |
| 1917 | 4,767 | #93 |
| 1916 | 4,479 | #94 |
| 1915 | 4,359 | #92 |
| 1914 | 3,267 | #99 |
| 1913 | 2,733 | #96 |
| 1912 | 2,248 | #100 |
| 1911 | 1,135 | #126 |
| 1910 | 886 | #142 |
| 1909 | 831 | #131 |
| 1908 | 765 | #135 |
| 1907 | 710 | #138 |
| 1906 | 694 | #134 |
| 1905 | 688 | #135 |
| 1904 | 680 | #130 |
| 1903 | 668 | #125 |
| 1902 | 615 | #131 |
| 1901 | 573 | #127 |
| 1900 | 751 | #126 |
| 1899 | 590 | #125 |
| 1898 | 716 | #116 |
| 1897 | 570 | #128 |
| 1896 | 635 | #120 |
| 1895 | 569 | #129 |
| 1894 | 590 | #123 |
| 1893 | 519 | #135 |
| 1892 | 513 | #140 |
| 1891 | 501 | #126 |
| 1890 | 467 | #136 |
| 1889 | 472 | #129 |
| 1888 | 485 | #127 |
| 1887 | 445 | #118 |
| 1886 | 400 | #134 |
| 1885 | 388 | #127 |
| 1884 | 421 | #121 |
| 1883 | 422 | #112 |
| 1882 | 431 | #110 |
| 1881 | 369 | #108 |
| 1880 | 424 | #97 |