Hubert

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from hug "mind" and beraht "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubert of Liège is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers.

From Wikipedia

Hubert 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 1924 with 1,551 babies (rank #115 that year). In 2024 it was given to 32 boys (rank #3,542). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Hubert

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

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.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.

57,727

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,551

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Hubert

Hubert Humphreytrade unionist · b. 1911
Hubert de Givenchyart collector · b. 1927
Hubert Magaschool teacher · b. 1916
Hubert Van Innisarcher · b. 1866
Hubert Reevesnon-fiction writer · b. 1932

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	59	#207
1881	43	#236
1882	49	#239
1883	53	#207
1884	61	#214
1885	72	#181
1886	61	#217
1887	78	#161
1888	75	#201
1889	83	#162
1890	85	#166
1891	92	#144
1892	86	#181
1893	107	#139
1894	105	#144
1895	106	#146
1896	119	#139
1897	123	#132
1898	114	#149
1899	125	#129
1900	189	#123
1901	140	#119
1902	165	#117
1903	170	#115
1904	173	#124
1905	163	#136
1906	162	#129
1907	184	#129
1908	203	#124
1909	222	#124
1910	289	#106
1911	316	#119
1912	544	#122
1913	765	#112
1914	932	#118
1915	1,195	#116
1916	1,348	#113
1917	1,338	#115
1918	1,454	#114
1919	1,416	#115
1920	1,508	#113
1921	1,548	#115
1922	1,527	#116
1923	1,533	#117
1924	1,551	#115
1925	1,461	#124
1926	1,320	#131
1927	1,376	#128
1928	1,488	#121
1929	1,384	#124
1930	1,277	#137
1931	1,229	#137
1932	1,087	#146
1933	929	#155
1934	1,000	#150
1935	905	#160
1936	891	#161
1937	893	#164
1938	825	#178
1939	783	#181
1940	762	#187
1941	731	#196
1942	787	#201
1943	756	#207
1944	760	#197
1945	610	#222
1946	681	#230
1947	732	#241
1948	653	#253
1949	625	#259
1950	603	#269
1951	620	#272
1952	563	#296
1953	561	#298
1954	508	#319
1955	536	#318
1956	484	#340
1957	482	#343
1958	491	#345
1959	422	#385
1960	400	#395
1961	370	#412
1962	309	#453
1963	341	#431
1964	338	#434
1965	306	#443
1966	276	#459
1967	258	#471
1968	258	#471
1969	235	#506
1970	245	#515
1971	242	#522
1972	182	#592
1973	182	#588
1974	155	#648
1975	160	#646
1976	148	#680
1977	161	#665
1978	141	#707
1979	124	#779
1980	153	#702
1981	122	#794
1982	141	#737
1983	96	#900
1984	107	#852
1985	110	#862
1986	92	#955
1987	81	#1,064
1988	90	#1,042
1989	98	#1,049
1990	82	#1,210
1991	81	#1,242
1992	82	#1,252
1993	60	#1,528
1994	55	#1,651
1995	61	#1,553
1996	65	#1,540
1997	55	#1,764
1998	48	#1,999
1999	45	#2,114
2000	55	#1,904
2001	46	#2,227
2002	49	#2,169
2003	46	#2,326
2004	52	#2,220
2005	57	#2,144
2006	53	#2,362
2007	52	#2,457
2008	48	#2,602
2009	37	#3,127
2010	49	#2,527
2011	47	#2,604
2012	45	#2,693
2013	32	#3,362
2014	48	#2,557
2015	37	#3,105
2016	38	#3,082
2017	36	#3,212
2018	30	#3,647
2019	26	#4,047
2020	40	#2,947
2021	29	#3,766
2022	30	#3,721
2023	23	#4,511
2024	32	#3,542