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Humberto

Rooted in Spanish, Humberto is a boy's name that means "Spanish/Portuguese form of Humbert". It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. 1992 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

SpanishSpanish/Portuguese form of Humbert
GermanicGermanic "hun" (bear cub) + "berht" (bright)
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
41
1920s
273
1930s
490
1940s
675
1950s
1,010
1960s
1,216
1970s
1,867
1980s
2,507
1990s
3,659
2000s
3,088
2010s
1,329
Peaked in the 1990s · 16,155 total U.S. births since 1900