Herb — boys' name

What the Data Says About Herb

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,008 babies named Herb between 1884 and 1993, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Herb currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Herb performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 531 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Herb shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Herb in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Herb in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,008 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.