Herbert

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Herbert: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Herbert: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #175, and it stood at #1,235 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#175highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Herbert's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1345
1998	#1263
1999	#1281
2000	#1241
2001	#983
2002	#1128
2003	#1248
2004	#1038
2005	#919
2006	#1401
2007	#1169
2008	#1048
2009	#1008
2010	#854
2011	#732
2012	#866
2013	#788
2014	#889
2015	#740
2016	#672
2017	#684
2018	#690
2019	#768
2020	#921
2021	#815
2022	#799
2023	#965
2024	#1235

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #175 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1983
Highest recorded position: #175 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1983).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Herbert appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 801 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Herbert across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Herbert's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#672 (2016)	#1235 (2024)	29 of 29	801 (1996–2024)	52 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#175 (1964)	#175 (1964)	#330 (1983)	13 of 20	62 (1964–1983)	8 (1964)

Herbert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Herbert in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000s	181	10 of 10	18
2010sbusiest	422	10 of 10	42
2020s	163	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Herbert appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #175 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Herbert's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#965	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#799	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#815	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#921	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#768	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#690	50	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#684	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#672	52	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#740	44	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#788	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#866	35	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#732	43	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1048	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1169	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #175, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Herborg · #232, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gwendoline · #174, 45y
Stacy · #178, 41y
Derick · #170, 43y
Triona · #170, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Rhona · #175, 59y
Brien · #176, 11y
Darina · #174, 55y
Gwendoline · #174, 45y

Herbert was ranked #175 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Herbert and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Herbert without appearing here.

Herbert moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1241 and #3036.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1401 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1169 and #2435.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1241 and #2501.
Jade Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1345 and #2337.

Moved ahead of Herbert

Hudson Compare
In 2005 they stood at #919 and #982 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1401 and #885.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #983 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1128 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #919 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1401 and #1168.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1241 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1128 and #907.

Moved the opposite way to Herbert

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbert went from #1765 to #965 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbert went from #1765 to #965 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbert went from #1765 to #965 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbert went from #1765 to #799 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Herbert

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 1983 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Herbert went from #175 to #330 and Alfred from #134 to #258.
Anthony Compare
Between 1964 and 1983 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Herbert went from #175 to #330 and Anthony from #12 to #20.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 1983 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Herbert went from #175 to #330 and Arthur from #98 to #164.
Brendan Compare
Between 1964 and 1983 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Herbert went from #175 to #330 and Brendan from #17 to #33.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #175 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Herbert

Herbert at a glance

What stands out in Herbert's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Herbert across 2 official records

Herbert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Herbert appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Herbert at a glance

What stands out in Herbert's record

Herbert across 2 official records

Herbert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Herbert appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Herbert

Herbert and the names beside it

Herbert moved ahead of

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