Heber vs Hebert

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Heber Hebert

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 143 years in which either name was published, Heber for 121 years and Hebert for 22 years. The lead changed hands 30 times.

• 1881–1927 Heber ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1928–1930 Hebert ahead
• 1949–1952 Heber ahead
• 1958–1960 Hebert ahead
• 1963–1967 Heber ahead
• 1968–1970 Hebert ahead
• 1973–2025 Heber ahead

23 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Heberts alive today are over 57; half the Hebers are over 22. That is 35 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Heber Utah (38.0×), Texas (3.2×), California (2.7×)
• Hebert North Carolina (14.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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