Herbert

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Herbert is a Germanic given name, from harja- "army", "warrior" or "noble, sublime", and beraht "bright" or "shining". Other given names with the same roots include Heribert, Aribert and Eriberto.

From Wikipedia

Herbert first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1928 with 8,065 babies (rank #25 that year). In 2024 it was given to 55 boys (rank #2,482). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Herbert

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Herbert yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

229,328

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

8,065

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Herbert

Herbert Hoovermining engineer · b. 1874
Herbert Spencerphilosopher · b. 1820
Herbert Marcusepolitical theorist · b. 1898
Herbert von Karajandirector · b. 1908
Herbert Simonsocial scientist · b. 1916

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	424	#38
1881	369	#40
1882	431	#40
1883	422	#41
1884	421	#46
1885	388	#45
1886	400	#46
1887	445	#41
1888	485	#43
1889	472	#42
1890	467	#42
1891	501	#38
1892	513	#43
1893	519	#41
1894	585	#36
1895	569	#36
1896	635	#34
1897	565	#35
1898	716	#34
1899	590	#33
1900	751	#36
1901	573	#35
1902	615	#36
1903	668	#34
1904	680	#37
1905	681	#37
1906	689	#37
1907	710	#39
1908	759	#36
1909	831	#37
1910	886	#41
1911	1,125	#41
1912	2,236	#39
1913	2,723	#39
1914	3,253	#42
1915	4,341	#40
1916	4,463	#40
1917	4,745	#40
1918	5,128	#40
1919	4,960	#40
1920	5,249	#41
1921	5,217	#42
1922	5,047	#40
1923	5,071	#40
1924	5,121	#41
1925	4,924	#42
1926	4,939	#44
1927	5,017	#42
1928	8,065	#25
1929	7,881	#25
1930	5,675	#35
1931	4,788	#41
1932	4,368	#44
1933	3,685	#49
1934	3,601	#57
1935	3,436	#58
1936	3,117	#62
1937	3,040	#65
1938	3,014	#68
1939	3,097	#68
1940	2,875	#75
1941	2,964	#76
1942	3,112	#83
1943	3,043	#86
1944	2,773	#90
1945	2,664	#94
1946	2,819	#97
1947	2,857	#104
1948	2,870	#103
1949	2,731	#107
1950	2,621	#112
1951	2,704	#112
1952	2,656	#115
1953	2,616	#125
1954	2,591	#128
1955	2,504	#129
1956	2,397	#137
1957	2,279	#151
1958	2,085	#157
1959	1,843	#169
1960	1,784	#176
1961	1,688	#181
1962	1,579	#190
1963	1,505	#196
1964	1,391	#201
1965	1,380	#183
1966	1,159	#203
1967	1,152	#201
1968	1,056	#217
1969	1,008	#227
1970	1,034	#230
1971	951	#241
1972	804	#252
1973	707	#267
1974	677	#277
1975	671	#287
1976	632	#295
1977	587	#317
1978	568	#313
1979	617	#313
1980	568	#331
1981	551	#336
1982	515	#355
1983	481	#364
1984	437	#391
1985	430	#410
1986	382	#439
1987	349	#475
1988	400	#450
1989	350	#512
1990	349	#529
1991	285	#604
1992	307	#586
1993	273	#623
1994	235	#674
1995	217	#725
1996	204	#744
1997	195	#763
1998	193	#793
1999	151	#958
2000	157	#966
2001	148	#1,011
2002	161	#978
2003	120	#1,222
2004	109	#1,346
2005	118	#1,297
2006	113	#1,405
2007	104	#1,519
2008	110	#1,484
2009	94	#1,674
2010	99	#1,591
2011	81	#1,786
2012	72	#1,969
2013	79	#1,816
2014	75	#1,931
2015	79	#1,858
2016	80	#1,867
2017	77	#1,886
2018	71	#2,036
2019	54	#2,469
2020	59	#2,303
2021	53	#2,509
2022	64	#2,254
2023	67	#2,156
2024	55	#2,482