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
- Peak · boys
- 1932 · 207 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,329since 1880
Hershel over time
Rank among boys' names. Hershel has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,676 | 48 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,674 | 49 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,541 | 52 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,753 | 47 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,497 | 32 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,025 | 38 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,571 | 31 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,171 | 36 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,071 | 38 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,935 | 40 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,528 | 49 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,847 | 41 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,895 | 39 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,179 | 35 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,551 | 30 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,083 | 35 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,265 | 52 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,643 | 40 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,922 | 33 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,022 | 30 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,617 | 23 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,805 | 32 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,390 | 22 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,260 | 37 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,626 | 28 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,019 | 37 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,949 | 33 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,760 | 37 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,764 | 32 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,631 | 36 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,815 | 31 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,760 | 30 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,378 | 40 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,151 | 51 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,231 | 45 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,327 | 40 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,214 | 46 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,222 | 46 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,008 | 58 | |
| 1968 | — | #866 | 70 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,087 | 46 | |
| 1966 | — | #950 | 58 | |
| 1965 | — | #976 | 57 | |
| 1964 | — | #860 | 78 | |
| 1963 | — | #911 | 67 | |
| 1962 | — | #902 | 71 | |
| 1961 | — | #833 | 85 | |
| 1960 | — | #964 | 62 | |
| 1959 | — | #897 | 73 | |
| 1958 | — | #907 | 69 | |
| 1957 | — | #786 | 91 | |
| 1956 | — | #778 | 91 | |
| 1955 | — | #732 | 99 | |
| 1954 | — | #699 | 107 | |
| 1953 | — | #669 | 113 | |
| 1952 | — | #628 | 125 | |
| 1951 | — | #628 | 125 | |
| 1950 | — | #658 | 113 | |
| 1949 | — | #641 | 113 | |
| 1948 | — | #557 | 144 | |
| 1947 | — | #602 | 127 | |
| 1946 | — | #556 | 131 | |
| 1945 | — | #530 | 127 | |
| 1944 | — | #496 | 150 | |
| 1943 | — | #535 | 138 | |
| 1942 | — | #462 | 180 | |
| 1941 | — | #439 | 176 | |
| 1940 | — | #466 | 154 | |
| 1939 | — | #420 | 183 | |
| 1938 | — | #447 | 167 | |
| 1937 | — | #426 | 177 | |
| 1936 | — | #466 | 146 | |
| 1935 | — | #410 | 180 | |
| 1934 | — | #445 | 161 | |
| 1933 | — | #432 | 163 | |
| 1932 | — | #391 | 207 | |
| 1931 | — | #433 | 172 | |
| 1930 | — | #416 | 200 | |
| 1929 | — | #401 | 211 | |
| 1928 | — | #445 | 181 | |
| 1927 | — | #427 | 202 | |
| 1926 | — | #407 | 215 | |
| 1925 | — | #448 | 180 | |
| 1924 | — | #407 | 226 | |
| 1923 | — | #417 | 208 | |
| 1922 | — | #423 | 202 | |
| 1921 | — | #416 | 213 | |
| 1920 | — | #431 | 194 | |
| 1919 | — | #406 | 206 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #440 | 182 |
| 1917 | — | #474 | 146 | |
| 1916 | — | #455 | 153 | |
| 1915 | — | #462 | 141 | |
| 1914 | — | #493 | 98 | |
| 1913 | — | #465 | 85 | |
| 1912 | — | #502 | 61 | |
| 1911 | — | #533 | 31 | |
| 1910 | — | #569 | 25 | |
| 1909 | — | #558 | 22 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #463 | 23 | |
| 1904 | — | #482 | 20 | |
| 1903 | — | #527 | 17 | |
| 1902 | — | #475 | 20 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1932 at #391 (207 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1895–1966
- 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
- 19.7% of all boys named Hershel (2,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | #673 (1889) | #799 |
| 1890s | 73 | #674 (1896) | #806 |
| 1900s | 202 | #443 (1906) | #515 |
| 1910s | 1,128 | #406 (1919) | #480 |
| 1920s | 2,032 | #401 (1929) | #422 |
| 1930s | 1,756 | #391 (1932) | #429 |
| 1940s | 1,440 | #439 (1941) | #528 |
| 1950s | 1,006 | #628 (1951) | #738 |
| 1960s | 652 | #833 (1961) | #936 |
| 1970s | 411 | #1,151 (1974) | #1,380 |
| 1980s | 306 | #1,631 (1983) | #1,948 |
| 1990s | 263 | #2,019 (1991) | #2,875 |
| 2000s | 361 | #2,265 (2005) | #2,947 |
| 2010s | 386 | #2,528 (2015) | #3,032 |
| 2020s | 266 | #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 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 5,098 of them was named Hershel, which outranked 91.2% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.