Herbie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Herbie

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,094 babies named Herbie between 1913 and 2007, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Herbie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Herbie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Herbie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Herbie in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Herbie 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 1,094 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.