Herschel
#3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,674since 1880
Herschel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Herschel has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,379 | 34 |
| 2024 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #3,103 | 26 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #1,702 | 47 |
| 1989 | #1,858 | 40 |
| 1988 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #1,684 | 40 |
| 1986 | #1,476 | 46 |
| 1985 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #1,222 | 56 |
| 1982 | #1,264 | 54 |
| 1981 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #1,541 | 35 |
| 1975 | #1,559 | 33 |
| 1974 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,083 | 56 |
| 1971 | #1,109 | 54 |
| 1970 | #1,207 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,008 | 58 |
| 1968 | #1,119 | 45 |
| 1967 | #1,003 | 52 |
| 1966 | #1,100 | 45 |
| 1965 | #1,012 | 53 |
| 1964 | #1,016 | 55 |
| 1963 | #936 | 64 |
| 1962 | #841 | 81 |
| 1961 | #901 | 72 |
| 1960 | #927 | 66 |
| 1959 | #838 | 81 |
| 1958 | #761 | 95 |
| 1957 | #758 | 98 |
| 1956 | #796 | 87 |
| 1955 | #672 | 118 |
| 1954 | #749 | 91 |
| 1953 | #693 | 106 |
| 1952 | #703 | 99 |
| 1951 | #645 | 121 |
| 1950 | #645 | 116 |
| 1949 | #607 | 125 |
| 1948 | #576 | 134 |
| 1947 | #577 | 137 |
| 1946 | #545 | 137 |
| 1945 | #548 | 119 |
| 1944 | #509 | 142 |
| 1943 | #623 | 103 |
| 1942 | #532 | 131 |
| 1941 | #506 | 135 |
| 1940 | #503 | 133 |
| 1939 | #485 | 140 |
| 1938 | #468 | 153 |
| 1937 | #499 | 132 |
| 1936 | #500 | 128 |
| 1935 | #466 | 148 |
| 1934 | #496 | 133 |
| 1933 | #473 | 141 |
| 1932 | #461 | 154 |
| 1931 | #428 | 176 |
| 1930 | #455 | 171 |
| 1929 | #444 | 178 |
| 1928 | #414 | 211 |
| 1927 | #425 | 204 |
| 1926 | #420 | 208 |
| 1925 | #415 | 208 |
| 1924 | #382 | 246 |
| 1923 | #383 | 240 |
| 1922 | #388 | 242 |
| 1921 | #361 | 277 |
| 1920 | #382 | 244 |
| 1919 | #379 | 234 |
| 1918 | #365 | 257 |
| 1917 | #368 | 230 |
| 1916 | #354 | 231 |
| 1915 | #356 | 226 |
| 1914 | #381 | 155 |
| 1913 | #353 | 137 |
| 1912 | #317 | 136 |
| 1911 | #416 | 48 |
| 1910 | #376 | 47 |
| 1909 | #388 | 39 |
| 1908 | #422 | 32 |
| 1907 | #341 | 40 |
| 1906 | #378 | 32 |
| 1905 | #303 | 44 |
| 1904 | #417 | 25 |
| 1903 | #300 | 39 |
| 1902 | #337 | 33 |
| 1901 | #277 | 38 |
| 1900 | #357 | 37 |
| 1899 | #346 | 27 |
| 1898 | #307 | 38 |
| 1897 | #327 | 32 |
| 1896 | #357 | 29 |
| 1895 | #399 | 23 |
| 1894 | #376 | 24 |
| 1893 | #330 | 28 |
| 1892 | #394 | 23 |
| 1891 | #397 | 19 |
| 1890 | #415 | 19 |
| 1889 | #415 | 19 |
| 1888 | #359 | 26 |
| 1887 | #392 | 18 |
| 1886 | #403 | 19 |
| 1885 | #604 | 10 |
| 1884 | #386 | 21 |
| 1883 | #644 | 9 |
| 1882 | #652 | 9 |
| 1881 | #653 | 8 |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Herschel was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.
Where Herschel is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Indiana#210 · 1 in 2,283
- Georgia#234 · 1 in 2,076
- West Virginia#296 · 1 in 3,476
- Missouri#332 · 1 in 4,816
- Illinois#336 · 1 in 6,159
Best ever in a state: #67 in Indiana, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #210 | 15 | 1 in 2,283 |
| Georgia | #234 | 17 | 1 in 2,076 |
| West Virginia | #296 | 6 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Missouri | #332 | 7 | 1 in 4,816 |
| Illinois | #336 | 12 | 1 in 6,159 |
| South Carolina | #377 | 5 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Kentucky | #394 | 6 | 1 in 4,999 |
| Michigan | #451 | 5 | 1 in 11,581 |
| Alabama | #464 | 5 | 1 in 6,538 |
| Texas | #529 | 12 | 1 in 5,871 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,511 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #3,379)
- 354 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #3,379)
- 503 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1884 (#644 → #386)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1885 (#386 → #604)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #277 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 93 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,802
- Highest: 1 in 2,802 boys born in 1901 were named Herschel (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.2% of all boys named Herschel (2,258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 150 | #359 (1888) | #508 |
| 1890s | 262 | #307 (1898) | #365 |
| 1900s | 359 | #277 (1901) | #352 |
| 1910s | 1,701 | #317 (1912) | #367 |
| 1920s | 2,258 | #361 (1921) | #401 |
| 1930s | 1,476 | #428 (1931) | #473 |
| 1940s | 1,296 | #503 (1940) | #553 |
| 1950s | 1,012 | #645 (1951) | #726 |
| 1960s | 591 | #841 (1962) | #986 |
| 1970s | 376 | #1,083 (1972) | #1,504 |
| 1980s | 402 | #1,222 (1983) | #1,659 |
| 1990s | 262 | #1,702 (1990) | #2,959 |
| 2000s | 144 | #3,782 (2006) | #5,877 |
| 2010s | 204 | #3,426 (2019) | #5,127 |
| 2020s | 181 | #3,025 (2020) | #3,790 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Herschel in 1942
boys
#532
131 births · 1 in 10,543 boys
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 10,543 of them was named Herschel, which outranked 86.8% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).