Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hershal

#6,251 most common boys' name of all time · #15,604 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–2004

Rank among boys
#6,251
Rank overall
#15,604 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
647
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,443
Best rank
#1,443 1918
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
19201940196019802000

Hershal first appears in 1913. 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
2004 — 6 6 #10,052
1998 — 5 5 #9,769
1992 — 9 9 #5,722
1989 — 5 5 #8,062
1987 — 5 5 #7,134
1982 — 5 5 #6,550
1975 — 7 7 #4,429
1974 — 5 5 #5,381
1971 — 6 6 #4,515
1968 — 6 6 #3,835
1965 — 7 7 #3,358
1961 — 8 8 #3,208
1960 — 9 9 #2,977
1959 — 7 7 #3,433
1957 — 8 8 #3,140
1956 — 8 8 #3,092
1955 — 5 5 #4,083
1954 — 13 13 #2,274
1953 — 6 6 #3,596
1951 — 12 12 #2,321
1950 — 9 9 #2,699
1947 — 11 11 #2,449
1946 — 8 8 #2,818
1945 — 9 9 #2,512
1944 — 8 8 #2,773
1943 — 10 10 #2,520
1942 — 19 19 #1,667
1941 — 12 12 #2,174
1940 — 15 15 #1,876
1939 — 13 13 #2,033
1938 — 13 13 #2,068
1937 — 10 10 #2,428
1936 — 12 12 #2,163
1935 — 11 11 #2,359
1934 — 10 10 #2,514
1933 — 12 12 #2,189
1932 — 15 15 #1,984
1931 — 18 18 #1,757
1930 — 11 11 #2,564
1929 — 13 13 #2,295
1928 — 16 16 #2,037
1927 — 14 14 #2,279
1926 — 23 23 #1,603
1925 — 13 13 #2,413
1924 — 12 12 #2,598
1923 — 22 22 #1,693
1922 — 14 14 #2,330
1921 — 19 19 #1,899
1920 — 24 24 #1,590
1919 — 21 21 #1,691
1918 — 26 26 #1,443
1917 — 18 18 #1,811
1916 — 15 15 #2,035
1915 — 10 10 #2,587
1914 — 14 14 #1,770
1913 — 5 5 #3,156