Boys' name · since 1916
Heriberto
10,266 babies named Heriberto in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,189 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,048 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,266
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Heriberto currently ranks #3048 among boys' names in America, with 10,266 babies recorded since 1916.
Heriberto has 10,266 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3048 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #1,189 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,048 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 10,266 born since 1916
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heriberto ranks #1,189 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,048 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 10,266 born since 1916, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,189 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,048 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,266
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Heriberto's 10,266 recorded births place it above 97.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Heriberto compares
10,266 Top 9% higher than 91% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Heriberto's all-time total is 28x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heriberto | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,266 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 249 | 34 | 22,252 |
Heriberto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Heriberto's full recorded timeline at 1971, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 249 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Heriberto popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 249
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Heriberto popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1976 (Heriberto as girls' name)
Heriberto by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,133 births, 21% of the file).
1990s was Heriberto's strongest decade.
2,133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Heriberto births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s 161
1920s
161 births
- 1930s 187
1930s
187 births
- 1940s 183
1940s
183 births
- 1950s 531
1950s
531 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,040 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,386 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,681 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,133 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,735 births
- 2010s
2010s
878 births
- 2020s 331
2020s
331 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,133 births (21% of all-time use).
How Heriberto compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Heriberto's total volume
Heriberto by state
Where Heriberto concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,804 | 27.3% |
| #2 | California | | 2,622 | 25.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,281 | 12.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 526 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 275 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 268 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 206 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 101 | 1.0% |
2,804 of 10,266 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Heriberto appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Heriberto's data
- Heriberto's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,133 total births); usage has since declined to 331 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Heribertos (2,804 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Heriberto: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Heriberto draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.