Huber
A German name meaning "farmer" or "shepherd of the hills".
Name Census estimates that about 217 living Americans carry the first name Huber. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Huber today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Huber births was 2007 (16 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Huber. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
217
~ 1 in 1,579,513 Americans
Peak year
2007
16 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2024 SSA rank
#10,246
Tracked since 1912
Census
Huber in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 785 people with the first name Huber, which placed it at #14,848 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#14,848
National first-name rank
People counted
785
785 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
86.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Huber
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Huber is Hispanic at 86.8%. The next largest groups are White (9.2%) and Black (2.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Huber described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Huber at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino86.8% · 681
- White9.2% · 72
- Black or African American2.4% · 19
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.0% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.6% · 5
Popularity
Huber: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Huber from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 9 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 103 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Huber by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Huber during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Hubers live
Origin
Meaning and history of Huber
The given name Huber has its origins in the Germanic languages, specifically from the Old High German word "huobar," which means "a dweller on a hill or elevated place." This name can be traced back to the early medieval period, around the 5th to 10th centuries AD, when it was commonly used among Germanic tribes inhabiting central and western Europe.
The earliest recorded instances of the name Huber can be found in various historical documents and records from the Holy Roman Empire and surrounding regions. One notable example is Huber the Scribe, a monk and calligrapher who lived in the 9th century and is credited with creating some of the most beautifully illuminated manuscripts of that era.
In the 11th century, a German nobleman named Huber of Ravensburg gained prominence for his military exploits during the Crusades. He accompanied Emperor Conrad III on the Second Crusade and is mentioned in several chronicles from that time.
During the Renaissance period, a renowned German artist and printmaker known as Huber Goltzius (1526-1583) gained widespread recognition for his intricate engravings and pioneering techniques in printmaking.
In the 18th century, a Swiss mathematician and physicist named Johann Huber (1722-1796) made significant contributions to the field of optics and lens design. His work on the theory of aberrations in lenses was highly influential.
Another notable figure with the given name Huber was Victor Huber (1800-1869), a Swiss politician and statesman who served as the President of the Swiss Confederation in 1854 and played a crucial role in shaping the country's political landscape during the mid-19th century.
While the name Huber has its roots in Germanic languages, it has also been adopted and used in various other cultures and regions over the centuries, with its spelling and pronunciation sometimes modified to fit the local linguistic conventions.
People
Huber + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Huber as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with H
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Huber: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Huber?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 217 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Huber going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,579,513 US residents.
Is Huber a common name?
We classify Huber as "Very Rare". It ranks above 75.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 353 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Huber most popular?
The single biggest year for Huber was 2007, when 16 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Huber is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Huber in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 785 people with the name Huber, or 0.26 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #14,848 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Huber in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Huber?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Huber leans strongly male. 771 people counted with this name were male (98.7%), compared with 10 female bearers (1.3%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Huber?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Huber is Hispanic at 86.8%. The next largest groups are White (9.2%) and Black (2.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Huber most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Huber in the 2020 Census, accounting for 86.8% (681 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Huber in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Huber a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Huber in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Huber still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Huber in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Huber can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Huber?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.