Herbie
Herbie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195945 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1913
- 1,094people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,094 boys have been named Herbie in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 45 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 45 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1960s alone account for 24%.
By decade
In 1959, its biggest year
Herbie was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Herbie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wallypeak 1959
- Darrelpeak 1960
- Dwainpeak 1959
- Kennithpeak 1956
- Duanepeak 1959
- Gaylonpeak 1949
- Duwaynepeak 1960
- Jeraldpeak 1942
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.