Herbie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Herbie: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #339, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2337
1998	#1485
1999	#1199
2000	#817
2001	#814
2002	#805
2003	#642
2004	#637
2005	#982
2006	#711
2007	#589
2008	#712
2009	#831
2010	#736
2011	#516
2012	#549
2013	#655
2014	#714
2015	#656
2016	#833
2017	#719
2018	#731
2019	#952
2020	#821
2021	#688
2022	#901
2023	#728
2024	#826

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.

In 2024: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #826 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2021–2024
Highest recorded position: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2021–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #826 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Herbie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,042 births with the name.

Herbie 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.

Herbie'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	#1591 (1996)	#516 (2011)	#826 (2024)	29 of 29	1,042 (1996–2024)	68 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#433 (2021)	#339 (2024)	#339 (2024)	2 of 4	7 (2021–2024)	4 (2024)

Herbie 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 Herbie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	320	10 of 10	32
2010sbusiest	485	10 of 10	49
2020s	207	5 of 10	41

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 49 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 27, from 41 to 68.

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

Herbie 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Herbie'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	#826	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#728	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#688	51	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#821	37	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#731	46	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#719	48	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#714	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#655	51	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#549	66	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#516	68	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#736	41	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#831	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#712	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#589	50	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#711	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#982	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#637	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#642	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#805	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#814	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#817	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 68 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 25 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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Herbert · #175, 42y
Herborg · #232, 18y
Herdis · #144, 36y

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.

Antoine · #339, 30y
Janita · #340, 30y
Abd · #337, 28y
Cullen · #337, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Antoine · #339, 30y
Arden · #339, 24y
Callam · #339, 18y
Colt · #339, 25y

Herbie was ranked #339 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Herbie 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 Herbie without appearing here.

Herbie moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1485 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1199 and #2943.
Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #982 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #711 and #1892.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #952 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #821 and #1723.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #736 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #516 and #1303.

Moved ahead of Herbie

Tadhg Compare
In 2018 they stood at #731 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #952 and #634.
Arlo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #589 and #651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #712 and #567.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #831 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #736 and #625.
Kasper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #549 and #592 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #655 and #560.

Moved the opposite way to Herbie

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Herbie

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Herbie went from #1591 to #826 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Herbie

Herbie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Herbie across 2 official records

Herbie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Herbie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Herbie at a glance

Herbie across 2 official records

Herbie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Herbie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Herbie

Herbie and the names beside it

Herbie moved ahead of

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