Hershel

Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,809 · #2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#391
1932 · 207 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,329
since 1880

Hershel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hershel has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #391, 1932boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,67648
2024—#2,67449
2023—#2,54152
2022—#2,75347
2021—#3,49732
2020—#3,02538
2019—#3,57131
2018—#3,17136
2017—#3,07138
2016—#2,93540
2015—#2,52849
2014—#2,84741
2013—#2,89539
2012—#3,17935
2011—#2,59047
2010—#3,53130
2009—#3,55130
2008—#2,75344
2007—#2,81142
2006—#3,08335
2005—#2,26552
2004—#2,64340
2003—#2,92233
2002—#3,02230
2001—#3,61723
2000—#2,80532
1999—#4,34116
1998—#3,39022
1997—#2,26037
1996—#2,91125
1995—#2,62628
1994—#2,95124
1993—#2,78625
1992—#2,83424
1991—#2,01937
1990—#2,62825
1989—#2,54525
1988—#1,94933
1987—#1,76037
1986—#2,36023
1985—#1,86631
1984—#1,76432
1983—#1,63136
1982—#1,81531
1981—#1,94228
1980—#1,85230
1979—#1,48740
1978—#1,76030
1977—#1,60734
1976—#1,42739
1975—#1,37840
1974—#1,15151
1973—#1,23145
1972—#1,32740
1971—#1,21446
1970—#1,22246
1969—#1,00858
1968—#86670
1967—#1,08746
1966—#95058
1965—#97657
1964—#86078
1963—#91167
1962—#90271
1961—#83385
1960—#96462
1959—#89773
1958—#90769
1957—#78691
1956—#77891
1955—#73299
1954—#699107
1953—#669113
1952—#628125
1951—#628125
1950—#658113
1949—#641113
1948—#557144
1947—#602127
1946—#556131
1945—#530127
1944—#496150
1943—#535138
1942—#462180
1941—#439176
1940—#466154
1939—#420183
1938—#447167
1937—#426177
1936—#466146
1935—#410180
1934—#445161
1933—#432163
1932—#391207
1931—#433172
1930—#416200
1929—#401211
1928—#445181
1927—#427202
1926—#407215
1925—#448180
1924—#407226
1923—#417208
1922—#423202
1921—#416213
1920—#431194
1919—#406206
1918#4,8095#440182
1917—#474146
1916—#455153
1915—#462141
1914—#49398
1913—#46585
1912—#50261
1911—#53331
1910—#56925
1909—#55822
1908—#52223
1907—#47224
1906—#44325
1905—#46323
1904—#48220
1903—#52717
1902—#47520
1901—#50615
1900—#69913
1899—#7868
1898—#70110
1897—#7259
1896—#67411
1895—#7389
1894—#1,0745
1893—#7688
1892—#7928
1891——
1890—#9945
1889—#6739
1888—#8157
1887——
1886——
1885—#9365
1884—#7018
1883—#7207
1882—#8376
1881——
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hershel was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hershel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #2,676)
  • 349 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #2,676)
  • 148 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #2,676)
  • Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #738)
  • Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1890 (#673 → #994)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1932 at #391 (207 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1895–1966
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,758
  • Highest: 1 in 4,758 boys born in 1919 were named Hershel (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,585 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #391 in 1932, was only 1 in 5,044 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.7% of all boys named Hershel (2,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47#673 (1889)#799
1890s73#674 (1896)#806
1900s202#443 (1906)#515
1910s1,128#406 (1919)#480
1920s2,032#401 (1929)#422
1930s1,756#391 (1932)#429
1940s1,440#439 (1941)#528
1950s1,006#628 (1951)#738
1960s652#833 (1961)#936
1970s411#1,151 (1974)#1,380
1980s306#1,631 (1983)#1,948
1990s263#2,019 (1991)#2,875
2000s361#2,265 (2005)#2,947
2010s386#2,528 (2015)#3,032
2020s266#2,541 (2023)#2,861

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hershel in 1918

girls
#4,809
5 births · 1 in 231,526 girls
boys
#440
182 births · 1 in 5,569 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #4,809Hershel5

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #440Hershel182
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Hershel, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hershel
  1. #4,291Zonie6
  2. #4,291Zoraida6
  3. #4,291Zylpha6
  4. #4,809Hershel5
  5. #4,809Abie5
  6. #4,809Adalee5
  7. #4,809Addis5

Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 5,569 of them was named Hershel, which outranked 90.9% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hershel
  1. #437Aloysius183
  2. #437Bud183
  3. #437Meyer183
  4. #440Hershel182
  5. #440Marlin182
  6. #440Shirley182
  7. #443Alden181
  8. #444Casimir179
  9. #444Chris179

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →