Hubert
Hubert was the 3400th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 106th; the most babies were born in 1924 (1,551). Over the last ten years it has moved down 294 places. More babies were named Hubert in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning "bright mind" · Germanic, French
Say it HYOO-bert /ˈhjubərt/
- Rank in 2025
- #3,400 boys, down 453 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 34boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19241,551 babies
- Total since 1880
- 57,761babies recorded
What does the name Hubert mean?
Hubert is a Germanic name from hug, "mind, heart, spirit", and berht, "bright". It came into English from Old French after the Norman Conquest. Saint Hubert, an 8th-century bishop of Liège, is the patron saint of hunters, which kept the name in use across Europe. DMNES notes that it was sometimes confused with Humbert. In the US Hubert was most common in the 1910s and 1920s.
hugu (Old German, “mind, heart”)beraht (Old High German, “bright”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Hugo, Hugh, Bert, Hubertus.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean light.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Hubert', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Hubert', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Hubert', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Nicknames for Hubert
The usual nicknames for Hubert are Hugh, Bert and Hub. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Hubert in the last five years, 1129 were named Hugh, against 375 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh | Traditional | #732 | 1,671 |
| Bert · also for Robert, Albert, Herbert | Traditional | #10,866 | 42 |
| Hub | Traditional | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Huberts go by each one.
Hubert popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 189 since 1912.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,400 | 34 |
| 2020 | #2,947 | 40 |
| 2010 | #2,528 | 49 |
| 2000 | #1,904 | 55 |
| 1990 | #1,210 | 82 |
| 1980 | #702 | 153 |
| 1970 | #515 | 245 |
| 1960 | #396 | 400 |
| 1950 | #269 | 603 |
| 1940 | #187 | 762 |
| 1930 | #137 | 1,277 |
| 1920 | #113 | 1,508 |
| 1910 | #106 | 289 |
| 1900 | #123 | 189 |
| 1890 | #166 | 85 |
| 1880 | #207 | 59 |
How popular is Hubert, counting every spelling?
Hubert has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Hubert?
34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Hubert (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Hubert born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Hubert.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Hubert?
About 14,300 people born in the US named Hubert are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 53 and 78. That makes Hubert a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Hubert by state
How common Hubert was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Hubert: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Hubert, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Hubert · Sibling names for Hubert
Questions about the name Hubert
What does Hubert mean?
Hubert means “"bright mind"” (Germanic, French origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Hubert?
Hubert was the 3400th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 106th; the most babies were born in 1924 (1,551). Over the last ten years it has moved down 294 places. More babies were named Hubert in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Hubert a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Hubert in the US.
Where is Hubert most popular?
In 2021–2025, Hubert was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 boys).