Hurshel · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Hurshel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1904

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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 57 recorded years as a table

Hurshel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1904	39
1907	54
1908	32
1910	26
1911	44
1912	19
1913	23
1914	23
1915	25
1916	27
1917	27
1918	17
1919	32
1920	30
1921	30
1922	27
1923	25
1924	24
1925	23
1926	16
1927	22
1928	16
1929	18
1930	15
1931	18
1932	16
1933	20
1934	22
1935	18
1936	14
1937	12
1938	13
1939	18
1940	17
1941	15
1942	7
1943	10
1944	12
1945	10
1946	6
1947	7
1948	6
1949	5
1950	3
1953	3
1954	3
1955	4
1957	3
1958	4
1959	3
1960	3
1962	3
1963	3
1964	4
1965	3
1966	4
1987	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hurshel 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 1987: 5
Rank in 1987: #6,951
How rare: 1 in 373,396 boys
Since 1904: 841

Hurshel was last recorded in 1987. 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 1907, at 54 per million boys born.

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

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