# Herbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/herbert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɝbɚt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Herb, Herbie |
| Variant spellings | Hebbard |
| US babies named this | 229,383 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 228,266 / 1,117 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 841, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hariberht.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 9 | 4,743 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,877 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,386 |
| 1971 | 11 | 4,915 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,731 |
| 1973 | 9 | 5,725 |
| 1974 | 7 | 7,157 |
| 1977 | 7 | 7,815 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,308 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,390 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,943 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,972 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,089 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,569 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,953 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 1,786 |
| 2012 | 72 | 1,969 |
| 2013 | 79 | 1,817 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,931 |
| 2015 | 79 | 1,858 |
| 2016 | 80 | 1,867 |
| 2017 | 77 | 1,887 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,037 |
| 2019 | 54 | 2,470 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,304 |
| 2021 | 53 | 2,509 |
| 2022 | 65 | 2,224 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,136 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,456 |
| 2025 | 49 | 2,656 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 732 |
| 2012 | 35 | 866 |
| 2013 | 39 | 788 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 44 | 740 |
| 2016 | 52 | 672 |
| 2017 | 51 | 684 |
| 2018 | 50 | 690 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 39 | 815 |
| 2022 | 40 | 799 |
| 2023 | 31 | 965 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 40 | 811 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Хъ́рбърт
- Chinese: 赫伯特
- Czech: Herbert
- German: Herbert
- Italian: Eriberto
- Japanese: ハーバート
- Korean: 허버트
- Latvian: Herberts, Hērberts
- Polish: Herbert
- Russian: Ге́рберт
- Spanish: Heriberto
- Swedish: Herbert

## People named Herbert

- Herbert Spencer, English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)
- Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (1908–1989)
- Herbert Simon, American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001)
- Herbert Kroemer, German-American physics (1928–2024)
- Herbert C. Brown, American chemist (1912–2004)
- Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician (1917–2011)
- Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist (1888-1963)
- George Herbert Mead, American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist (1863–1931)
- Herbert Lom, Czech actor (1917–2012)
- Herbert Wimmer, German footballer (born 1944)
- Herbert Chapman, English association football player and manager (1878-1934)
- Herbert Kickl, Austrian politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.