Hershell
Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,847since 1899
Hershell over time
Rank among boys' names. Hershell has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,235 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,018 | 43 |
| 1942 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,050 | 38 |
| 1939 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1938 | #951 | 44 |
| 1937 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #992 | 41 |
| 1934 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1933 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #1,198 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,282 | 29 |
| 1930 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #1,173 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1927 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,264 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,091 | 41 |
| 1924 | #1,133 | 40 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1919 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Hershell! It came in at #1,051, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hershell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #846)
- Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1934 (#961 → #1,173)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1903 at #846 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1935–1936
- Highest: 1 in 14,904 boys born in 1903 were named Hershell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 386,406 boys born in 1994 (0.00%)
- 20.6% of all boys named Hershell (380) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 28 | #846 (1903) | #1,210 |
| 1910s | 185 | #1,117 (1911) | #1,457 |
| 1920s | 380 | #1,035 (1920) | #1,162 |
| 1930s | 365 | #951 (1938) | #1,099 |
| 1940s | 330 | #1,018 (1943) | #1,209 |
| 1950s | 265 | #1,318 (1957) | #1,504 |
| 1960s | 142 | #1,619 (1960) | #2,357 |
| 1970s | 94 | #2,279 (1971) | #3,797 |
| 1980s | 48 | #4,141 (1983) | #5,290 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,800 (1994) | #8,800 |
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.
Hershell in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
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1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 25,930 of them was named Hershell, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #972Lonzo41
- #972Quinton41
- #972Williams41
- #989Hershell40
- #989Adan40
- #989Brendan40
- #989Burley40
- #1,010Aldo39
- #1,010Bart39
- #1,010Berry39
Tied with 20 names at #989; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.