Hershell

Boy · recorded 1899–1994

  • 1994last recorded
  • 1903best year

Most popular in 1903.

Last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1899

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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 84 recorded years as a table
Hershell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189947
190241
190367
190638
190832
190930
191026
191144
191223
191329
191420
191521
191627
191738
191820
191936
192042
192136
192239
192325
192435
192537
192630
192735
192833
192933
193026
193128
193231
193343
193431
193539
193639
193735
193840
193935
194033
194129
194226
194330
194421
194521
194615
194721
194817
194916
195014
195113
195213
195315
195414
195512
195614
195716
19589
195911
196012
19617
196211
19634
19645
19654
196610
19677
19685
19698
19704
197110
19729
19736
19744
19754
19766
19775
19784
19793
19803
19814
19824
19835
19843
19873
19884
19943

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hershell 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1994
5
Rank in 1994
#8,800
How rare
1 in 386,406 boys
Since 1899
1,847

Hershell was last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1903, at 67 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hershell doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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