# Hubert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hubert/  
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 | “mind”, “bright”, “famous” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhjubɚt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Huey |
| Variant spellings | Hubertus, Hubbart, Hobart |
| US babies named this | 57,761 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57,572 / 189 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 960, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French Hubert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”). See Saint Hubert.

## What it means

Hubert is grouped under famous and light.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 8 | 3,713 |
| 1927 | 12 | 2,774 |
| 1928 | 14 | 2,444 |
| 1929 | 15 | 2,239 |
| 1930 | 6 | 4,261 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,653 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,689 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,560 |
| 1934 | 6 | 4,011 |
| 1935 | 8 | 3,278 |
| 1938 | 7 | 3,633 |
| 1940 | 5 | 4,636 |
| 1942 | 6 | 4,317 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4,951 |
| 1948 | 6 | 4,884 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 2,605 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,693 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,362 |
| 2014 | 48 | 2,557 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,106 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,085 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,212 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,648 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,051 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,947 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,768 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,722 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,515 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,552 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,400 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 490 |
| 2012 | 61 | 586 |
| 2013 | 66 | 546 |
| 2014 | 50 | 670 |
| 2015 | 56 | 629 |
| 2016 | 53 | 659 |
| 2017 | 53 | 661 |
| 2018 | 58 | 619 |
| 2019 | 36 | 844 |
| 2020 | 48 | 699 |
| 2021 | 39 | 815 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Hubert
- Chinese: 休伯特
- Czech: Hubert
- Danish: Hubert, Hubertus
- Dutch: Hubert
- Esperanto: Huberto
- French: Hubert
- German: Hubert, Hubertus
- Greek: Ουβέρτος
- Icelandic: Húbert
- Italian: Uberto
- Japanese: ヒュバート
- Latin: Hubertus
- Norwegian: Hubert, Hubertus
- Polish: Hubert
- Russian: Губерт
- Spanish: Huberto
- Swedish: Hubert, Hubertus

## People named Hubert

- Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (1927-2018)
- Hubert Maga, first president of Benin (1916-2000)
- Hubertus, Christian saint, first bishop of Liège (c.656-727)
- Hubert Minnis, Bahamian physician and politician
- Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (1866–1961)
- Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science (1932–2023)
- Hubert Parry, British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918)
- Hubert Robert, French painter (1733-1808)
- Hubert Selby Jr., American writer (1928–2004)
- Hubert van Eyck, Early Netherlandish painter (1366-1426)
- Hubert Pierlot, Belgian politician and 32nd Prime Minister of Belgium, serving between 1939 and 1945 (1883
- Louis-Hubert Lyautey, general and colonial administrator from France (1854-1934)

## 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.