Boys' name · since 1915
Humberto
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 16,983 babies named Humberto, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #907 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,872 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,983
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Humberto is the #1872 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 16,983 recorded since 1915.
Humberto has 16,983 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1872 as of the latest data, more common than 87% 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 1915 to 2025.
- #907 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,872 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 16,983 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Humberto ranks #907 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,872 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 16,983 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #907 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,872 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,983
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Humberto's 16,983 recorded births place it above 98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Humberto compares
16,983 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Humberto's all-time total is 46x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Humberto | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,983 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 381 | 34 | 22,252 |
Humberto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Humberto's full recorded timeline at 1970, 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 1915, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 381 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Humberto popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 381
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Humberto popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1979 (Humberto as girls' name)
Humberto by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,659 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Humberto's strongest decade.
3,659 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Humberto births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 41
1910s
41 births
- 1920s 273
1920s
273 births
- 1930s 490
1930s
490 births
- 1940s 676
1940s
676 births
- 1950s 1,008
1950s
1,008 births
- 1960s 1,215
1960s
1,215 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,860 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,504 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,659 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,088 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,556 births
- 2020s 613
2020s
613 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,659 births (22% of all-time use).
How Humberto 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 Humberto's total volume
Humberto by state
Where Humberto concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5,841 | 34.4% |
| #2 | California | | 5,431 | 32.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 723 | 4.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 679 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 629 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 551 | 3.2% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 150 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 96 | 0.6% |
5,841 of 16,983 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Humberto appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Humberto's data
- Humberto's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,659 total births); usage has since declined to 613 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Humbertos (5,841 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 Humberto: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Humberto 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.