Herb · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Herb.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1884

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 77 recorded years as a table

Herb, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1884	61
1895	43
1908	45
1909	30
1912	14
1913	14
1914	11
1915	14
1916	12
1917	16
1919	7
1920	10
1921	8
1923	7
1924	11
1925	13
1926	16
1927	18
1928	27
1929	24
1930	35
1931	33
1932	27
1933	27
1934	33
1935	41
1936	40
1937	43
1938	42
1939	50
1940	40
1941	51
1942	47
1943	32
1944	37
1945	42
1946	36
1947	38
1948	24
1949	18
1950	13
1951	15
1952	10
1953	10
1954	7
1955	10
1956	13
1957	22
1958	29
1959	26
1960	31
1961	27
1962	27
1963	21
1964	22
1965	19
1966	10
1967	13
1968	11
1969	10
1970	12
1971	10
1972	8
1973	6
1975	4
1976	4
1977	4
1980	5
1981	3
1982	3
1984	3
1985	4
1988	3
1989	3
1991	2
1992	3
1993	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Herb isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Herb

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993: 6
Rank in 1993: #7,638
How rare: 1 in 326,888 boys
Since 1884: 2,007

Herb was last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1884, at 61 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Herb doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.