Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Herby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Herby” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Herby” 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 “Herby” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Herby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Herby” 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
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%

Explore other names

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  6. Herby (this page)
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  10. Herculano
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