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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |