Herbert was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #25 in 1928 but is far less common today.
Herbert is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,656 for boy births in the United States (and #5,697 across all names), given to 49 babies. Herbert first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1928 (8,065 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,656 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,456 |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,136 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,224 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,509 |
| 2020 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,304 |
| 2019 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,470 |
| 2018 | 71 | 71 | — | #2,037 |
| 2017 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,887 |
| 2016 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,867 |
| 2015 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,858 |
| 2014 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,931 |
| 2013 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,817 |
| 2012 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,969 |
| 2011 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,786 |
| 2010 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,591 |
| 2009 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,484 |
| 2007 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,519 |
| 2006 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,405 |
| 2005 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,297 |
| 2004 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,346 |
| 2003 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,222 |
| 2002 | 161 | 161 | — | #978 |
| 2001 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,011 |
| 2000 | 157 | 157 | — | #966 |
| 1999 | 151 | 151 | — | #958 |
| 1998 | 193 | 193 | — | #793 |
| 1997 | 195 | — | — | #763 |
| 1996 | 204 | — | — | #744 |
| 1995 | 217 | — | — | #725 |
| 1994 | 235 | — | — | #674 |
| 1993 | 273 | — | — | #623 |
| 1992 | 307 | — | — | #586 |
| 1991 | 285 | — | — | #604 |
| 1990 | 349 | — | — | #529 |
| 1989 | 350 | — | — | #512 |
| 1988 | 400 | — | — | #450 |
| 1987 | 354 | — | #11,953 | #475 |
| 1986 | 387 | — | #11,569 | #439 |
| 1985 | 430 | — | — | #410 |
| 1984 | 437 | — | — | #391 |
| 1983 | 481 | — | — | #363 |
| 1982 | 520 | — | #11,089 | #355 |
| 1981 | 556 | — | #10,972 | #336 |
| 1980 | 573 | — | #10,943 | #331 |
| 1979 | 623 | — | #9,390 | #313 |
| 1978 | 573 | — | #10,308 | #313 |
| 1977 | 594 | — | #7,815 | #317 |
| 1976 | 632 | — | — | #295 |
| 1975 | 671 | — | — | #287 |
| 1974 | 684 | — | #7,157 | #277 |
| 1973 | 716 | — | #5,725 | #267 |
| 1972 | 809 | — | #8,731 | #252 |
| 1971 | 962 | — | #4,915 | #241 |
| 1970 | 1,040 | — | #7,386 | #230 |
| 1969 | 1,013 | — | #7,877 | #227 |
| 1968 | 1,056 | — | — | #217 |
| 1967 | 1,161 | — | #4,743 | #201 |
| 1966 | 1,168 | — | #4,628 | #203 |
| 1965 | 1,392 | — | #3,815 | #183 |
| 1964 | 1,402 | — | #4,459 | #201 |
| 1963 | 1,510 | — | #6,129 | #196 |
| 1962 | 1,596 | — | #3,212 | #190 |
| 1961 | 1,700 | — | #3,860 | #181 |
| 1960 | 1,794 | — | #3,778 | #176 |
| 1959 | 1,850 | — | #5,819 | #169 |
| 1958 | 2,094 | — | #5,080 | #157 |
| 1957 | 2,287 | — | #4,347 | #151 |
| 1956 | 2,405 | — | #4,597 | #137 |
| 1955 | 2,521 | — | #2,764 | #129 |
| 1954 | 2,603 | — | #3,392 | #128 |
| 1953 | 2,628 | — | #3,555 | #125 |
| 1952 | 2,672 | — | #2,721 | #115 |
| 1951 | 2,718 | — | #2,735 | #112 |
| 1950 | 2,629 | — | #4,091 | #112 |
| 1949 | 2,743 | — | #3,066 | #107 |
| 1948 | 2,884 | — | #3,041 | #103 |
| 1947 | 2,871 | — | #2,685 | #104 |
| 1946 | 2,827 | — | #3,509 | #97 |
| 1945 | 2,682 | — | #2,012 | #94 |
| 1944 | 2,782 | — | #3,223 | #90 |
| 1943 | 3,055 | — | #2,926 | #86 |
| 1942 | 3,120 | — | #3,891 | #83 |
| 1941 | 2,976 | — | #2,585 | #76 |
| 1940 | 2,891 | — | #2,055 | #75 |
| 1939 | 3,115 | — | #1,912 | #68 |
| 1938 | 3,029 | — | #2,159 | #68 |
| 1937 | 3,053 | — | #2,369 | #65 |
| 1936 | 3,136 | — | #1,764 | #62 |
| 1935 | 3,455 | — | #1,873 | #58 |
| 1934 | 3,611 | — | #2,635 | #57 |
| 1933 | 3,706 | — | #1,676 | #49 |
| 1932 | 4,399 | — | #1,331 | #44 |
| 1931 | 4,824 | — | #1,206 | #41 |
| 1930 | 5,722 | — | #1,078 | #35 |
| 1929 | 7,929 | — | #1,056 | #25 |
| 1928 | 8,113 | — | #1,090 | #25 |
| 1927 | 5,056 | — | #1,266 | #42 |
| 1926 | 4,980 | — | #1,204 | #44 |
| 1925 | 4,956 | — | #1,452 | #42 |
| 1924 | 5,149 | — | #1,626 | #41 |
| 1923 | 5,091 | — | #1,975 | #40 |
| 1922 | 5,066 | — | #2,056 | #40 |
| 1921 | 5,238 | — | #1,949 | #42 |
| 1920 | 5,268 | — | #2,035 | #41 |
| 1919 | 4,981 | — | #1,821 | #40 |
| 1918 | 5,148 | — | #1,912 | #40 |
| 1917 | 4,767 | — | #1,677 | #40 |
| 1916 | 4,479 | — | #2,070 | #40 |
| 1915 | 4,359 | — | #1,835 | #40 |
| 1914 | 3,267 | — | #1,852 | #42 |
| 1913 | 2,733 | — | #2,088 | #39 |
| 1912 | 2,248 | — | #1,659 | #39 |
| 1911 | 1,135 | — | #1,587 | #41 |
| 1910 | 886 | — | — | #41 |
| 1909 | 831 | — | — | #37 |
| 1908 | 765 | — | #1,959 | #36 |
| 1907 | 710 | — | — | #39 |
| 1906 | 694 | — | #2,068 | #37 |
| 1905 | 688 | — | #1,601 | #37 |
| 1904 | 680 | — | — | #37 |
| 1903 | 668 | — | — | #34 |
| 1902 | 615 | — | — | #36 |
| 1901 | 573 | — | — | #35 |
| 1900 | 751 | — | — | #36 |
| 1899 | 590 | — | — | #33 |
| 1898 | 716 | — | — | #34 |
| 1897 | 570 | — | #1,650 | #35 |
| 1896 | 635 | — | — | #34 |
| 1895 | 569 | — | — | #36 |
| 1894 | 590 | — | #1,575 | #36 |
| 1893 | 519 | — | — | #41 |
| 1892 | 513 | — | — | #43 |
| 1891 | 501 | — | — | #38 |
| 1890 | 467 | — | — | #42 |
| 1889 | 472 | — | — | #42 |
| 1888 | 485 | — | — | #43 |
| 1887 | 445 | — | — | #41 |
| 1886 | 400 | — | — | #46 |
| 1885 | 388 | — | — | #45 |
| 1884 | 421 | — | — | #46 |
| 1883 | 422 | — | — | #41 |
| 1882 | 431 | — | — | #40 |
| 1881 | 369 | — | — | #40 |
| 1880 | 424 | — | — | #38 |