Herberto
Herberto is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Portuguese.
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Herberto
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Herberto is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Herberto
The earliest SSA record of Herberto as a baby boy name dates back to 1953, when 5 babies received it. 1967 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Herberto — #2,612 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Herberto on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Herberto last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 87 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Herberto
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About the name Herberto
Herberto is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1953 and has accumulated 87 births in the dataset. Herberto's peak popularity came in 1967 when it ranked #2,612. Use the chart and map above to compare Herberto's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.