Herber — boys' name

What the Data Says About Herber

The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Herber between 1991 and 2015, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Herber currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Herber performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Herber shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Herber in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Herber 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 59 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.