Herby · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Herby.

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 69 recorded years as a table

Herby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1918	5
1920	11
1924	4
1925	4
1926	8
1927	6
1928	15
1929	17
1930	9
1931	5
1932	12
1933	14
1934	15
1935	12
1936	14
1937	10
1938	14
1939	15
1940	8
1941	10
1942	8
1943	11
1944	7
1945	8
1946	7
1947	7
1948	6
1949	8
1950	7
1951	6
1952	5
1953	6
1954	4
1956	7
1957	4
1958	8
1959	4
1960	4
1961	4
1962	3
1963	5
1965	4
1966	4
1967	3
1969	4
1971	5
1972	3
1973	4
1974	3
1975	5
1976	5
1977	4
1982	3
1983	5
1985	4
1986	4
1988	3
1989	3
1990	6
1991	3
1992	5
1993	3
1995	3
1996	3
1997	3
1998	3
1999	3
2001	3
2005	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Herby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005: 6
Rank in 2005: #10,151
How rare: 1 in 332,884 boys
Since 1918: 649

Herby was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1929, at 17 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Herby doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.