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Baby name
Herbert
Boy
Origin of the name
Herbert comes from the Germanic heri, “army,” and berht, “bright.”
Classic name
228,266births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 25rank at its peak, in 1928
Where babies named Herbert are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Herbert is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Herbert is most common in Hawaii (2.6 times), South Carolina (2.1) and Maine (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Hebert 1,066
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