Huberta

Girls' name

Mind + bright, famous, through Hubert

Huberta has been given to 218 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Huberta, 1964

1 in 777,000

Huberta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Huberta: meaning, origin, and history

Mind + bright, famous, through Hubert

Germanic languages

What Huberta means

Huberta belongs to the name family reached through Huberta → Hubert. Its meaning is “mind + bright, famous”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A rare feminine form of Hubert (via Latin, or in some cases borrowed from Dutch or German).

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Origin, language, and formation

Huberta is used in English and Dutch. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hubert.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 218 girls were recorded with the name Huberta between 1917 and 1964. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1920; its best national rank was #2,516 in 1920.

How common is Huberta?

Huberta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1964, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1964: 1 in 777,000; 5 of 3,887,460 births
Among girls only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1964: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 538,918 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Huberta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1964 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 538,918 children born in 1964 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Huberta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hubertas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Huberta was born before 1931 — so the typical Huberta is around 94 today.

Median birth year: 1931; About 94 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 32.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 29.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 29; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 32.6% of all recorded uses (71).

Is Huberta rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (14)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,516; 1920

Spellings of Huberta

Huberta is not the most common spelling — Roberta is, with 67.8% against Huberta's 0.09%.

Roberta67.8%171,548
Alberta27.8%70,365
Berta2.9%7,286
Elberta0.69%1,750
Luberta0.40%1,016
Lubertha0.28%696
Huberta0.09%218

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Huberta by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,516; 1920
Peak year: 1920; 14 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1964
All-time count: 218
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Huberta

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hubert Laberta Albirta Elverta Laverta Norberta Liberta Ruberta Luverta Delberta Herberta Ruperta Wilberta Luberta Wilburta Gilberta Leverta Reberta Elberta Leberta Louberta Alverta Herta Mirta

Sibling names for Huberta

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Adella Mittie

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Otha Casimir Edd Noble

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