Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Herbert

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

Endangered Down 99.3% from peak

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

8,065

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

99.3%

2024

All-time

228,211

Herbert once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 8,065 boys were named Herbert.

In 2024, only 55 boys were given the name.

Down 99.3% from its peak.

All told, about 228,211 Americans have been named Herbert and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.3% from peak

19288,065 boys named Herbert

202455 boys named Herbert

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