Hershy
#4,428 most common boys' name of all time · #10,876 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1978–2025
Rank among boys
#4,428
Rank overall
#10,876 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
1,140
Since 2016
584
Peak year
2025 #1,987
Best rank
#1,987 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 77/yr
Hershy first appears in 1978. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,987 |
| 2024 | — | 73 | 73 | #2,068 |
| 2023 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,122 |
| 2022 | — | 74 | 74 | #2,051 |
| 2021 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,152 |
| 2020 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,494 |
| 2019 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,515 |
| 2018 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,342 |
| 2017 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,623 |
| 2016 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,810 |
| 2015 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2014 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,067 |
| 2013 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,876 |
| 2012 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,494 |
| 2011 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,210 |
| 2010 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,108 |
| 2009 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,138 |
| 2008 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,201 |
| 2007 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,572 |
| 2006 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,770 |
| 2005 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,014 |
| 2004 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,210 |
| 2003 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,796 |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,813 |
| 2001 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,055 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,691 |
| 1999 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1998 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,675 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,832 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,416 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,721 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,319 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,178 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,063 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,596 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,467 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,710 |