Boys' name · peaked in 1916
Hubert name popularity since 1925
36,968 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Hubert. Half of them were born in 1942 or earlier, so the typical Hubert is about 84 years old in 2026. Hubert peaked in 1916 as the #113 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 36,968
- Named Hubert, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1916
- #113 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,400 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% boys
- 127 girls · 36,841 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 3.74× its national share
Peak year is the year Hubert made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Hubert births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1928. Measured as a share of all babies, Hubert peaked earlier, in 1916.
- Steepest fall: Between 1944 and 1949, Hubert's share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 1,790 to 1 in 2,840.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Hubert's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Hubert.
Decade by decade
Babies named Hubert in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 59 | 7,029 | – |
| 1930s | 46 | 9,819 | #160 |
| 1940s | 22 | 7,097 | #222 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5,270 | #318 |
| 1960s | 0 | 3,091 | #443 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,740 | #651 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,090 | #862 |
| 1990s | 0 | 634 | #1,553 |
| 2000s | 0 | 495 | #2,144 |
| 2010s | 0 | 388 | #3,106 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 188 | #3,400 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.5% of babies named Hubert from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Hubert is most popular
The index compares Hubert's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Hubert.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3.74× | 1,531 |
| Alabama | 3.43× | 2,053 |
| North Carolina | 3.38× | 3,246 |
| Kentucky | 3.31× | 1,874 |
| Georgia | 2.95× | 2,757 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Hubert's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Hubert.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Hubert (1916).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data