Herb
Recorded 1884–1993 · United States
Herb was most popular in 1947, when 70 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,831 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,007 people named Herb.
Herb over time
How old is the name Herb?
Herb first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 77 of the 142 years since. It was last recorded in 1993.
How many people are named Herb?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,007 American births named Herb between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 979 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Herb in 2025?
Herb was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Herb a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Herb is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,007 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Herb?
Roughly 979 Americans named Herb are alive today — 49% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 68 years old, and half are between 62 and 79.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Herb is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org