Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Herb” in the USA?

Number of people named “Herb” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Herb” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Herb” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Herb” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Herb” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Herb” by birth year

This chart shows how “Herb” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 -100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 26 0.00001186 26 -100%
1930 38 0.000017092 38 -100%
1931 34 0.000016157 34 -100%
1932 28 0.000013262 28 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 34 0.000016371 34 -100%
1935 43 0.000020575 43 -100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 -100%
1937 46 0.000021589 46 -100%
1938 47 0.000021242 47 -100%
1939 55 0.000024961 55 -100%
1940 46 0.000019977 46 -100%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 -100%
1942 65 0.000023794 65 -100%
1943 46 0.000016297 46 -100%
1944 51 0.000018959 51 -100%
1945 57 0.000021486 57 -100%
1946 59 0.000018465 59 -100%
1947 70 0.000019432 70 -100%
1948 42 0.000012165 42 -100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 -100%
1950 24 0.000006851 24 -100%
1951 28 0.000007601 28 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 -100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 28 0.000006791 28 -100%
1957 48 0.000011423 48 -100%
1958 63 0.00001524 63 -100%
1959 56 0.000013468 56 -100%
1960 66 0.000015889 66 -100%
1961 57 0.00001376 57 -100%
1962 55 0.000013629 55 -100%
1963 43 0.000010864 43 -100%
1964 44 0.000011318 44 -100%
1965 35 0.000009654 35 -100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 -100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%

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