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Herschell

#4,641 most common boys' name of all time · #11,430 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1897–1997

Rank among boys
#4,641
Rank overall
#11,430 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,059
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #1,277
Best rank
#1,196 1901
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
19001920194019601980

Herschell first appears in 1897. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1997 5 5 #9,330
1991 6 6 #7,349
1988 6 6 #6,503
1986 5 5 #6,834
1985 8 8 #4,756
1983 5 5 #6,353
1981 5 5 #6,375
1980 7 7 #5,007
1978 5 5 #5,863
1975 9 9 #3,708
1971 5 5 #5,015
1970 5 5 #4,834
1969 9 9 #3,130
1968 5 5 #4,232
1967 10 10 #2,647
1966 9 9 #2,843
1965 11 11 #2,518
1964 16 16 #2,071
1963 9 9 #2,912
1962 6 6 #3,709
1961 12 12 #2,463
1960 13 13 #2,352
1959 6 6 #3,704
1958 8 8 #3,095
1957 7 7 #3,321
1956 18 18 #1,913
1955 9 9 #2,828
1954 7 7 #3,251
1953 14 14 #2,139
1952 9 9 #2,736
1951 9 9 #2,718
1950 10 10 #2,492
1949 12 12 #2,268
1948 16 16 #1,911
1947 16 16 #1,951
1946 10 10 #2,454
1945 11 11 #2,174
1944 12 12 #2,124
1943 19 19 #1,663
1942 16 16 #1,840
1941 14 14 #1,944
1940 24 24 #1,385
1939 18 18 #1,613
1938 20 20 #1,542
1937 13 13 #2,037
1936 14 14 #1,918
1935 25 25 #1,372
1934 19 19 #1,640
1933 15 15 #1,870
1932 24 24 #1,454
1931 17 17 #1,803
1930 21 21 #1,624
1929 24 24 #1,503
1928 18 18 #1,862
1927 25 25 #1,540
1926 30 30 #1,345
1925 29 29 #1,379
1924 33 33 #1,277
1923 30 30 #1,345
1922 32 32 #1,297
1921 25 25 #1,535
1920 21 21 #1,725
1919 31 31 #1,289
1918 22 22 #1,631
1917 18 18 #1,791
1916 24 24 #1,444
1915 29 29 #1,235
1914 17 17 #1,524
1913 9 9 #2,020
1912 9 9 #1,825
1911 8 8 #1,358
1910 6 6 #1,532
1901 5 5 #1,196
1900 5 5 #1,463
1897 5 5 #1,222