Hershell
#3,288 most common boys' name of all time · #7,986 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1899–1994
Rank among boys
#3,288
Rank overall
#7,986 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,847
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,043
Best rank
#908 1903
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Hershell first appears in 1899. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,881 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,820 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,172 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,644 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,189 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,082 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,036 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,621 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,447 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,628 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,220 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,507 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,884 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,263 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,282 |
| 1972 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,454 |
| 1971 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,295 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,594 |
| 1969 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,251 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,959 |
| 1967 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1966 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,916 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,059 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,917 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,113 |
| 1962 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,693 |
| 1961 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1960 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1959 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,639 |
| 1958 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,867 |
| 1957 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,340 |
| 1956 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1955 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,554 |
| 1954 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,452 |
| 1953 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,415 |
| 1952 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,496 |
| 1951 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,479 |
| 1949 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,367 |
| 1948 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,363 |
| 1947 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,183 |
| 1946 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,458 |
| 1945 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,260 |
| 1944 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,251 |
| 1943 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,031 |
| 1942 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,155 |
| 1941 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,103 |
| 1940 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,061 |
| 1939 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,029 |
| 1938 | — | 44 | 44 | #961 |
| 1937 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,070 |
| 1936 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,003 |
| 1935 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,005 |
| 1934 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,187 |
| 1933 | — | 43 | 43 | #975 |
| 1932 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,209 |
| 1931 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,293 |
| 1930 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,391 |
| 1929 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,184 |
| 1928 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,185 |
| 1927 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,139 |
| 1926 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,274 |
| 1925 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,103 |
| 1924 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,145 |
| 1923 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,446 |
| 1922 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,100 |
| 1921 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,136 |
| 1920 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,043 |
| 1919 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,202 |
| 1918 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,737 |
| 1917 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,148 |
| 1916 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,684 |
| 1914 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,830 |
| 1913 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,704 |
| 1911 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,173 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,740 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,606 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,524 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,383 |
| 1903 | — | 8 | 8 | #908 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,291 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,194 |