Herby
Herby is a village in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Herby.
Meaning & Origin of Herby
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Herby is a village in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Herby.
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The Story of Herby
Herby first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1918, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1929, when 18 Herbys were born — ranking #1,793 that year. As of 2026, Herby ranks #10,151 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 649 Herbys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Herby
Herby is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 649 births in the dataset. Herby's peak popularity came in 1929 when it ranked #1,793. Use the chart and map above to compare Herby'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 .
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