# Humberto (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/humberto/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,993 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,983 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | 10,760 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,856 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 190 | 1,014 |
| 2012 | 171 | 1,092 |
| 2013 | 171 | 1,088 |
| 2014 | 171 | 1,121 |
| 2015 | 145 | 1,249 |
| 2016 | 129 | 1,375 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1,415 |
| 2018 | 117 | 1,484 |
| 2019 | 110 | 1,536 |
| 2020 | 111 | 1,515 |
| 2021 | 117 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 92 | 1,786 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,511 |
| 2024 | 92 | 1,784 |
| 2025 | 84 | 1,876 |

## People named Humberto

- Humberto Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and politician; former President of Brazil (1900-1967)
- Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
- Humberto Maturana, Chilean biologist and philosopher (1928–2021)
- Humberto Elgueta, Chilean footballer (1904-1976)
- Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, Brazilian footballer
- Humberto Cruz, Chilean footballer
- Humberto Donoso, Chilean footballer (1938-2000)
- Humberto Tozzi, Brazilian footballer (1934-1980)
- José Humberto Quintero, Catholic cardinal (1902–1984)
- Humberto Brenes, Costa Rican poker player
- Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Catholic cardinal (1915-1983)
- Humberto Mansilla, Chilean athletics competitor

## 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.