Hubert
Hubert was given to 34 boys in 2025, #3,399 among boys’ names; 57,761 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,400 Americans named Hubert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 53 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hubert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hubert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hubert is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.” Its etymology gives the senses “mind” (*hugiz) and “bright, famous” (*berhtaz).
From Old French Hubert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”).
/ˈhjubɚt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hubert?
#3,399 among boys’ names, 2025
Hubert fell from #3,105 in 2015 to #3,399 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 19.3 to 19.9 per million.
1,551 babies in 1924, the peak
Hubert peaked in 1924, when 1,551 boys were given it, #115 among boys’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,399 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,550 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,511 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,720 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,764 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,946 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,047 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,644 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,211 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,084 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | #3,105 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,555 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,360 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,692 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,604 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,527 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,127 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,601 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,457 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,361 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,140 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,216 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,322 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,165 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,223 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,900 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,111 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,996 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,761 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,537 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 61 | #1,548 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 55 | #1,646 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 60 | #1,523 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,248 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,236 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,045 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 90 | #1,040 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 92 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 110 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 107 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 96 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 141 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 122 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 153 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 124 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 141 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 161 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1976 | 149 | #676 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 159 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 155 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 182 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 182 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 242 | #522 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 245 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 235 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 258 | #471 | 0.15 |
| 1967 | 258 | #471 | 0.15 |
| 1966 | 276 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 306 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 338 | #434 | 0.17 |
| 1963 | 341 | #431 | 0.17 |
| 1962 | 309 | #453 | 0.15 |
| 1961 | 370 | #412 | 0.17 |
| 1960 | 400 | #396 | 0.19 |
| 1959 | 422 | #385 | 0.20 |
| 1958 | 491 | #345 | 0.23 |
| 1957 | 482 | #343 | 0.22 |
| 1956 | 484 | #340 | 0.23 |
| 1955 | 536 | #318 | 0.26 |
| 1954 | 508 | #318 | 0.25 |
| 1953 | 561 | #298 | 0.28 |
| 1952 | 563 | #296 | 0.29 |
| 1951 | 620 | #272 | 0.33 |
| 1950 | 603 | #269 | 0.34 |
| 1949 | 625 | #259 | 0.35 |
| 1948 | 653 | #253 | 0.37 |
| 1947 | 732 | #241 | 0.40 |
| 1946 | 681 | #230 | 0.42 |
| 1945 | 610 | #222 | 0.45 |
| 1944 | 760 | #197 | 0.56 |
| 1943 | 756 | #207 | 0.53 |
| 1942 | 787 | #201 | 0.57 |
| 1941 | 731 | #196 | 0.60 |
| 1940 | 762 | #187 | 0.66 |
| 1939 | 783 | #181 | 0.71 |
| 1938 | 825 | #178 | 0.74 |
| 1937 | 893 | #164 | 0.84 |
| 1936 | 891 | #161 | 0.86 |
| 1935 | 905 | #160 | 0.87 |
| 1934 | 999 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1933 | 930 | #155 | 0.94 |
| 1932 | 1,087 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 1,229 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1930 | 1,277 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1929 | 1,384 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1928 | 1,488 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1927 | 1,376 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1926 | 1,320 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1925 | 1,461 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1924 | 1,551 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1923 | 1,533 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1922 | 1,527 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1921 | 1,548 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1920 | 1,508 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1919 | 1,416 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1918 | 1,454 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1917 | 1,338 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1916 | 1,348 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1915 | 1,195 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1914 | 932 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1913 | 765 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1912 | 544 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1911 | 316 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1910 | 289 | #106 | 1.5 |
| 1909 | 222 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1908 | 203 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1907 | 184 | #129 | 1.3 |
| 1906 | 162 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1905 | 163 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1904 | 173 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1903 | 170 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1902 | 165 | #117 | 1.3 |
| 1901 | 140 | #119 | 1.3 |
| 1900 | 189 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1899 | 125 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1898 | 114 | #149 | 0.93 |
| 1897 | 123 | #132 | 1.1 |
| 1896 | 119 | #139 | 1.0 |
| 1895 | 106 | #146 | 0.90 |
| 1894 | 105 | #144 | 0.91 |
| 1893 | 107 | #139 | 1.0 |
| 1892 | 86 | #181 | 0.70 |
| 1891 | 92 | #144 | 0.91 |
| 1890 | 85 | #166 | 0.77 |
| 1889 | 83 | #162 | 0.75 |
| 1888 | 75 | #201 | 0.62 |
| 1887 | 78 | #161 | 0.77 |
| 1886 | 61 | #217 | 0.55 |
| 1885 | 72 | #181 | 0.67 |
| 1884 | 61 | #214 | 0.53 |
| 1883 | 53 | #207 | 0.51 |
| 1882 | 49 | #239 | 0.43 |
| 1881 | 43 | #236 | 0.43 |
| 1880 | 59 | #207 | 0.53 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hubert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hubert has been given almost only to boys: 189 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Hubert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hubert, and how old are they?
14,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 25% of the 57,761 Americans ever recorded as Hubert. The median Hubert alive today is 68 years old; half are between 53 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 17,834 people named Hubert (33 women and girls, 17,801 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 18,170 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,810 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,820 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,350 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 771 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 432 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hubert born?
The states with the most babies named Hubert are North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 4,717 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Georgia | 3,993 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Texas | 3,966 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 3,066 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Alabama | 2,972 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Kentucky | 2,835 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Mississippi | 2,173 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Virginia | 1,869 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 1,706 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 1,656 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Hubert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hubert is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hubert with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 57,879 babies since 1880, Hubert is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 34 of their 34 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hubert
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hubert and names like it
- Compare Hubert and HubbertBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHubert peaked in 1924.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hubert since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Hubert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Hubert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.