Heriberto
Heriberto is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Herbert. It may refer to:Osvaldo Heriberto Hurtado Galeguillo, Chilean retired footballer who played as a striker Heriberto Araújo, Spanish journalist and writer Heriberto da Cunha, Brazilian football player and manager Heriberto Jara Corona (1879–1968), Mexican revolutionary and politician, Governor of Veracruz Heriberto…
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Heriberto
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Heriberto is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Herbert. It may refer to:Osvaldo Heriberto Hurtado Galeguillo, Chilean retired footballer who played as a striker Heriberto Araújo, Spanish journalist and writer Heriberto da Cunha, Brazilian football player and manager Heriberto Jara Corona (1879–1968), Mexican revolutionary and politician, Governor of Veracruz Heriberto…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Heriberto
Heriberto first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1993: 249 births, good for #654 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 21% of all recorded Heribertos. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,576 among baby boy names with 52 births, falling sharply (-25%). In total, more than 10K Heribertos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Heriberto
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Names that sound like Heriberto
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- Herrero
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- Beriberi
- Derryberry
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- Sorbetto
- Strawberry
- Scrubbird
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About the name Heriberto
Heriberto is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Heriberto's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #637. Use the chart and map above to compare Heriberto'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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