Fun Facts About the Name Eriberto
- More than 2 thousand babies named Eriberto: U.S. records list 2,404 babies given the name Eriberto from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Eriberto Mean?
Eriberto is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian masculine given name meaning "bright army." It is a form of the Germanic name Heribert (also Herbert), which was built from the Germanic elements heri "army" and beraht "bright." The literal compound sense is "bright army" or "army-bright"; the common interpretive rendering "illustrious warrior" is a customary expansion rather than a word-for-word translation.
In Spanish the usual form is Heriberto, with Eriberto as a variant that drops the initial H, which is silent in Spanish. Portuguese uses Heriberto and Eriberto in similar fashion, and Italian has Eriberto alongside Erberto. These forms all point to the same Germanic parent name rather than to separate origins.
Eriberto Name History & Origins
The parent name Heribert belongs to the large stock of medieval Germanic compound names. It passed into Romance-speaking Europe in forms such as French Herbert, Spanish Heriberto, Portuguese Heriberto and Herberto, and Italian Erberto and Eriberto. The form Eriberto developed within Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian usage; its lack of initial H matches the silent h of Spanish and Portuguese and the usual Italian treatment of initial h in pronunciation.
Saint Heribert of Cologne, archbishop of Cologne from 999 until his death in 1021, is a notable religious bearer of the Germanic parent name. In Spanish and Portuguese, Eriberto is generally a less common variant of Heriberto; in Italian it is a variant of Erberto rather than a name with a separate medieval history.
How Popular is the Name Eriberto?
Eriberto has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1997. Its best rank was #1,279 in 1983.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,592 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #11,289 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #10,043 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #9,233 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #8,366 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #11,015 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #7,307 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #9,994 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,750 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #9,089 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #5,119 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #5,811 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #5,464 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #7,198 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #5,274 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #7,225 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #3,233 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2008 | #2,846 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 2007 | #2,987 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 2006 | #2,294 | 55 | 0.0027% |
| 2005 | #2,474 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #2,060 | 58 | 0.0029% |
| 2003 | #2,322 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 2002 | #1,876 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 2001 | #1,605 | 74 | 0.0038% |
| 2000 | #1,706 | 67 | 0.0034% |
| 1999 | #1,615 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 1998 | #2,080 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1997 | #1,388 | 79 | 0.0042% |
| 1996 | #1,678 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 1995 | #1,438 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 1994 | #1,549 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 1993 | #1,307 | 76 | 0.0039% |
| 1992 | #1,363 | 69 | 0.0035% |
| 1991 | #1,338 | 71 | 0.0035% |
| 1990 | #1,424 | 62 | 0.0030% |
| 1989 | #1,425 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 1988 | #1,432 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1987 | #1,909 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1986 | #1,423 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1985 | #1,335 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1984 | #1,612 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1983 | #1,279 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1982 | #1,445 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 1981 | #1,670 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1980 | #1,530 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1979 | #1,327 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1978 | #1,333 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 1977 | #1,716 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 1976 | #1,548 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 1975 | #1,541 | 34 | 0.0022% |
| 1974 | #1,504 | 34 | 0.0022% |
| 1973 | #2,541 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #1,696 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 1971 | #1,880 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1970 | #1,858 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1969 | #1,692 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1968 | #1,520 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1967 | #1,775 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1966 | #1,665 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1965 | #2,012 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1964 | #1,626 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1963 | #2,346 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #1,992 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1961 | #1,899 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1960 | #2,741 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #2,893 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #3,112 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #3,091 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #4,118 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #2,473 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #3,251 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #2,985 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #2,181 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1936 | #3,708 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,938 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #3,713 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #4,411 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #3,631 | 7 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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