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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Herschel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	100
1881	79
1882	79
1883	86
1884	184
1885	93
1886	172
1887	177
1888	215
1889	172
1890	171
1891	188
1892	188
1893	249
1894	207
1895	196
1896	243
1897	284
1898	310
1899	254
1900	246
1901	357
1902	269
1903	327
1904	195
1905	333
1906	240
1907	272
1908	207
1909	238
1910	242
1911	212
1912	316
1913	267
1914	237
1915	266
1916	260
1917	249
1918	254
1919	239
1920	229
1921	251
1922	222
1923	219
1924	217
1925	186
1926	187
1927	181
1928	190
1929	165
1930	156
1931	169
1932	147
1933	142
1934	129
1935	142
1936	123
1937	124
1938	138
1939	126
1940	115
1941	110
1942	95
1943	72
1944	104
1945	88
1946	84
1947	75
1948	76
1949	70
1950	65
1951	64
1952	51
1953	54
1954	45
1955	57
1956	41
1957	45
1958	45
1959	38
1960	31
1961	34
1962	39
1963	32
1964	28
1965	28
1966	25
1967	30
1968	26
1969	32
1970	25
1971	31
1972	35
1973	21
1974	22
1975	21
1976	22
1977	18
1978	16
1979	16
1980	17
1981	17
1982	30
1983	31
1984	17
1985	15
1986	25
1987	21
1988	25
1989	20
1990	23
1991	15
1992	17
1993	14
1994	10
1995	13
1996	8
1997	10
1998	10
1999	14
2000	10
2001	9
2002	5
2003	9
2004	6
2005	4
2006	13
2007	5
2008	6
2009	7
2010	5
2011	5
2012	11
2013	8
2014	8
2015	14
2016	15
2017	12
2018	13
2019	18
2020	22
2021	22
2022	13
2023	16
2024	12
2025	20

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Herschel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 34
Rank in 2025: #3,379
How rare: 1 in 50,237 boys
Since 1880: 10,674

Most popular in 1901, at 357 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 41% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.