Herb
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1884
7 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
2,007
since 1884
Born a Herb? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Herb was most popular in 1884, when 7 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.06 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Herb in 2025. Not recorded since 1993.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 6 | 6426 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 9 | 4134 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 7 | 4582 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 13 | 2659 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 18 | 2203 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 23 | 1847 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 18 | 1977 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 19 | 1836 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 22 | 1652 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 18 | 1814 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 35 | 1294 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 44 | 1161 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 43 | 1175 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 55 | 1028 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 57 | 1035 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 66 | 927 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 56 | 1026 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 62 | 962 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 48 | 1100 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 28 | 1480 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 20 | 1725 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 15 | 2044 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 20 | 1709 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 19 | 1749 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 28 | 1407 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 24 | 1499 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 32 | 1275 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 42 | 1091 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 70 | 831 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 59 | 856 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 57 | 830 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 51 | 888 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 46 | 986 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 65 | 795 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 63 | 786 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 46 | 939 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 55 | 818 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 47 | 921 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 46 | 922 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 42 | 949 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 43 | 969 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 34 | 1133 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 27 | 1281 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 28 | 1286 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 34 | 1170 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 38 | 1132 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 26 | 1413 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 30 | 1323 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 20 | 1748 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 18 | 1846 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 14 | 2193 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 13 | 2347 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 8 | 3175 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 11 | 2602 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 15 | 1986 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 11 | 2389 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 12 | 2184 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 7 | 2651 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 5 | 1440 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 7 | 764 |
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