Huber comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Highly respected leader or supervisor.".
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How popular is Huber?
2007peak year
Today, Huber is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #9560), with only about 8 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2007, 16 babies were given the name (ranked #5518 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Huber has been declining in recent years. In all, around 353 babies have been registered as Huber since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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