How Many People Are Named Herb?
people named Herb are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 356,769 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,007 babies named Herb in Social Security records from 1884 to 1993, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
70 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of HERBERT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Herb in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Herb alive today is about 68 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Herb first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1947, to 70 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1993.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 1993
🏆 Rank History
Herb has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #791, in 1941.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #791 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #911 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Herb alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Herb were born in California than in any other state: about 83 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Herb was given 6.2 times as often in California, 2.5 times in Ohio and 2.2 times in Illinois.
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