Meaning not yet researched.
Herb: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #791 in 1941.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #791 in 1941. No US babies were recorded with the name Herb in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #791 in 1941.
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Herb: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #791 in 1941 · most boys in one year: 70 (1947).
Fewer than five US boys were named Herb in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #791, reached in 1941. The most boys given the name in a single year was 70, in 1947. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,513 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Herb in 77 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 7 babies. In all, 2,007 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 531 babies named Herb.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US boys named Herb.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Herb in the open dataset we use.
Herb is listed as a nickname for Herbert.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys 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 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).