Hersey

Peak · boys
1912 · 12 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
331
since 1912

Hersey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hersey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,417, 1912boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1969#4,4045
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1965#3,2447
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1963#3,6466
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1957#3,9935
1956#2,7989
1955#2,9648
1954#3,8275
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1952#2,6809
1951#3,3646
1950#3,6815
1949#3,0197
1948#2,6089
1947#3,0967
1946#2,6908
1945#3,3385
1944#2,30910
1943#3,5385
1942#2,7128
1941#2,8727
1940#3,4595
1939#2,4499
1938#3,5345
1937#2,6808
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1935#3,6455
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1933#3,2686
1932#2,10113
1931#2,6519
1930#3,5926
1929#2,31712
1928#3,6976
1927#3,1518
1926#4,2015
1925#3,4087
1924#2,22914
1923#3,8226
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1921#2,63211
1920#3,2088
1919#2,66510
1918#2,8829
1917#2,7329
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1915#2,6219
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1913#2,0928
1912#1,41712
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Hersey! It came in at #1,417, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Hersey is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Hersey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Hersey
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1912 at #1,417 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1914, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 35,829
  • Highest: 1 in 35,829 boys born in 1912 were named Hersey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,635 boys born in 1969 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all boys named Hersey (77) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s57#1,417 (1912)#2,402
1920s77#2,229 (1924)#3,185
1930s61#2,101 (1932)#2,990
1940s71#2,309 (1944)#2,964
1950s47#2,680 (1952)#3,330
1960s18#3,244 (1965)#3,765

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.

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