Hubert
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYOO-bert
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,133 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Hubert is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright mind”. In 2025 it ranked 1,133rd for boys in the UK (28 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Hubert mean?
Germanic: Germanic, brought to England by the Normans
“bright mind”
Saint Hubert, patron saint of hunters, is said to have converted after seeing a cross between a stag's antlers.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hubert a girl's or a boy's name?
Hubert is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hubert in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,133rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were named Hubert, making it the 1,133rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 719th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 77 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hubert in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#65), 1914 (#71) and 1924 (#87).
Hubert in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,133 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 44 | #818 |
| 2020 | 52 | #719 |
| 2019 | 42 | #815 |
| 2018 | 62 | #645 |
| 2017 | 59 | #665 |
| 2016 | 61 | #648 |
| 2015 | 61 | #640 |
| 2014 | 56 | #666 |
| 2013 | 73 | #550 |
| 2012 | 64 | #619 |
| 2011 | 77 | #519 |
| 2010 | 67 | #569 |
| 2009 | 62 | #591 |
| 2008 | 62 | #592 |
| 2007 | 34 | #858 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Hubert in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Hubert, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 1,551 boys.
2025 had more boys named Hubert than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Hubert in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hubert in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,347 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,984 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,750 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 61 | #1,544 |
| 1994 | 55 | #1,638 |
| 1993 | 60 | #1,519 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,230 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,041 |
| 1988 | 90 | #1,039 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,061 |
| 1986 | 92 | #953 |
| 1985 | 110 | #857 |
| 1984 | 107 | #848 |
| 1983 | 96 | #895 |
| 1982 | 141 | #732 |
| 1981 | 122 | #792 |
| 1980 | 153 | #701 |
| 1979 | 124 | #777 |
| 1978 | 141 | #707 |
| 1977 | 161 | #665 |
| 1976 | 149 | #674 |
| 1975 | 159 | #650 |
| 1974 | 155 | #647 |
| 1973 | 182 | #587 |
| 1972 | 182 | #591 |
| 1971 | 242 | #522 |
| 1970 | 245 | #515 |
| 1969 | 235 | #505 |
| 1968 | 258 | #471 |
| 1967 | 258 | #471 |
| 1966 | 276 | #459 |
| 1965 | 306 | #442 |
| 1964 | 338 | #434 |
| 1963 | 341 | #431 |
| 1962 | 309 | #453 |
| 1961 | 370 | #412 |
| 1960 | 400 | #395 |
| 1959 | 422 | #385 |
| 1958 | 491 | #345 |
| 1957 | 482 | #343 |
| 1956 | 484 | #340 |
| 1955 | 536 | #318 |
| 1954 | 508 | #318 |
| 1953 | 561 | #298 |
| 1952 | 563 | #295 |
| 1951 | 620 | #272 |
| 1950 | 603 | #269 |
| 1949 | 625 | #259 |
| 1948 | 653 | #253 |
| 1947 | 732 | #241 |
| 1946 | 681 | #230 |
| 1945 | 610 | #222 |
| 1944 | 760 | #197 |
| 1943 | 756 | #207 |
| 1942 | 787 | #201 |
| 1941 | 731 | #196 |
| 1940 | 762 | #187 |
| 1939 | 783 | #181 |
| 1938 | 825 | #178 |
| 1937 | 893 | #164 |
| 1936 | 891 | #161 |
| 1935 | 905 | #160 |
| 1934 | 999 | #150 |
| 1933 | 930 | #155 |
| 1932 | 1,087 | #146 |
| 1931 | 1,229 | #136 |
| 1930 | 1,277 | #137 |
| 1929 | 1,384 | #124 |
| 1928 | 1,488 | #121 |
| 1927 | 1,376 | #128 |
| 1926 | 1,320 | #131 |
| 1925 | 1,461 | #124 |
| 1924 | 1,551 | #115 |
| 1923 | 1,533 | #117 |
| 1922 | 1,527 | #116 |
| 1921 | 1,548 | #115 |
| 1920 | 1,508 | #113 |
| 1919 | 1,416 | #115 |
| 1918 | 1,454 | #114 |
| 1917 | 1,338 | #115 |
| 1916 | 1,348 | #113 |
| 1915 | 1,195 | #116 |
| 1914 | 932 | #118 |
| 1913 | 765 | #112 |
| 1912 | 544 | #122 |
| 1911 | 316 | #119 |
| 1910 | 289 | #105 |
| 1909 | 222 | #124 |
| 1908 | 203 | #123 |
| 1907 | 184 | #129 |
| 1906 | 162 | #129 |
| 1905 | 163 | #136 |
| 1904 | 173 | #124 |
| 1903 | 170 | #115 |
| 1902 | 165 | #117 |
| 1901 | 140 | #119 |
| 1900 | 189 | #123 |
| 1899 | 125 | #129 |
| 1898 | 114 | #149 |
| 1897 | 123 | #132 |
| 1896 | 119 | #139 |
| 1895 | 106 | #145 |
| 1894 | 105 | #144 |
| 1893 | 107 | #139 |
| 1892 | 86 | #181 |
| 1891 | 92 | #144 |
| 1890 | 85 | #166 |
| 1889 | 83 | #160 |
| 1888 | 75 | #200 |
| 1887 | 78 | #160 |
| 1886 | 61 | #216 |
| 1885 | 72 | #181 |
| 1884 | 61 | #213 |
| 1883 | 53 | #205 |
| 1882 | 49 | #238 |
| 1881 | 43 | #233 |
| 1880 | 59 | #207 |
Nicknames for Hubert
- Bert 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Hubert
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albert, Henry, Harry, Frederick, Rupert, Ernest, Herbert, Wilfred, Robert, Arthur, Archie, Stanley
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hubert: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hubert, updated 20 October 2026.