Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Herb

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Herb
Creator: Social Security Administration

Extinct Near statistical disappearance

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Dormant

Generation

Boomer

1884Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,008

Herb has moved from ordinary use into the archive. Its peak belongs most strongly to the Boomer naming world, and its absence today gives the name the strange clarity of a cultural fossil.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 70 boys were named Herb.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,008 Americans have been named Herb and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryNear statistical disappearance

Curious about the history of Herb? Browse books about the name Herb on Amazon.