Herbert
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Herbert
Names ending in bert have long been in limbo, but with the return of Albert, maybe there's hope for Herbert. who could share the Bertie nickname. Herbert is a name that's been used by English speakers since medieval times, and was in the Top 25 in the US in the late 1920s, around the time of the presidency of Herbert Hoover, but there's been no sight of Herbert in the 21st century. Some Herberts, including novelists H. G. Wells and H. E. Bates, have preferred to go by their initials.
Herbert is also given to girls.
Pronounced HER-bert.
As of October 2026, Herbert ranked #2656 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #25 in 1929.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,931 | 75 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,858 | 79 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,867 | 80 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,886 | 77 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,036 | 71 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,469 | 54 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,303 | 59 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,509 | 53 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,254 | 64 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 67 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,482 | 55 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,656 | 49 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Herbert for boys
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Herbert on lists
Famous Herberts
- Saint HerbertBoy
French bishop of Marmoutier and archbishop of Tours
- Herbert Clark HooverBoy
31st U.S. president
- Herbert Henry AsquithBoy
1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, British prime minister
- Herbert George "H.G." WellsBoy
English novelist
- Herbert Ernest "H.E." BatesBoy
English novelist
- Herbert Anthony Stevens IV aka AbBoy
Soul, American rapper
- Herbert FrohlichBoy
German,born British physicist
- (Horatio) Herbert KitchenerBoy
1st Earl Kitchener, British field marshal and WWI secretary of war
- Herbert von Karajan (born HeribertBoy
Ritter von Karajan), Austrian conductor
- Herbert SpencerBoy
English philosopher
- Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" HancockBoy
American jazz pianist
- Herbert Wilfred "Herbie" TaylorBoy
South African cricketer
- Herbert Okechukwu MaduagwuBoy
birth name of Herbie Hide, British boxer
- Herbert Tremenheere "Herbie" HewettBoy
English cricketer
- Herbert Leslie "Herbie" CollinsBoy
Australian cricketer
- Herbert Jay SolomonBoy
birth name of Herbie Mann, American jazz flautist
- Herbert Alexander SimonBoy
American political scientist
- Herbert MarcuseBoy
German,American philosopher
- Herbert Louis SamuelBoy
1st Viscount Samuel, British home secretary, first British Jew to lead a political party
- Herbert AsburyBoy
American journalist and crime writer
- Herbert Lom (born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru)Boy
Czech,born British actor
Herbert in pop culture
- HerbertBoy
warthog on animated series "64 Zoo Lane"
- Herbert PocketBoy
Pip's friend and companion in Dickens' "Great Expectations"
- Sir Herbert SubboysBoy
old knight in John Marston's play "The Dutch Courtesan" (1605)
- Herbert BirdsfootBoy
"Sesame Street" Muppet
- HerbertBoy
pederast character on TV's "Family Guy"
- Herbert TravillaBoy
Elsie Dinsmore Travilla's son in Elsie Dinsmore series
- Herbert GarrisonBoy
teacher on TV's "South Park"
- "Herbert West: ReanimatorBoy
" story, film and character by H.P. Lovecraft
- Herbert P. BearBoy
character from computer game Club Penguin
- Herbert CarringtonBoy
character in Elsie Dinsmore series
- Herbert RippinghallBoy
character in G. A. Henty's "Friends Though Divided"
- Herbert "Bertie" PelhamBoy
7th Marquess of Hexham, character on TV's "Downton Abbey"