Herschel is an established boys' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Herschel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,399 for boy births in the United States (and #7,330 across all names), given to 34 babies. Herschel was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (277 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | #3,399 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | #4,946 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | #3,931 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | #4,480 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | #3,143 |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 | #3,041 |
| 2019 | 33 | 33 | #3,446 |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | #4,279 |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | #4,520 |
| 2016 | 28 | 28 | #3,816 |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | #3,921 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #5,831 |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | #5,488 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | #4,764 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #8,314 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #7,788 |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 | #6,223 |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | #6,904 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #7,281 |
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | #3,827 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #8,578 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,703 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #4,681 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #7,257 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #4,565 |
| 2000 | 19 | 19 | #4,112 |
| 1999 | 26 | 26 | #3,137 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | #3,632 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | #3,653 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #4,078 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | #2,958 |
| 1994 | 19 | — | #3,510 |
| 1993 | 28 | — | #2,606 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | #2,273 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #2,364 |
| 1990 | 47 | — | #1,712 |
| 1989 | 40 | — | #1,871 |
| 1988 | 47 | — | #1,563 |
| 1987 | 40 | — | #1,693 |
| 1986 | 46 | — | #1,480 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | #2,038 |
| 1984 | 31 | — | #1,811 |
| 1983 | 56 | — | #1,227 |
| 1982 | 54 | — | #1,266 |
| 1981 | 30 | — | #1,873 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | #1,878 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | #1,921 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | #1,937 |
| 1977 | 30 | — | #1,759 |
| 1976 | 35 | — | #1,550 |
| 1975 | 33 | — | #1,570 |
| 1974 | 35 | — | #1,485 |
| 1973 | 32 | — | #1,526 |
| 1972 | 56 | — | #1,089 |
| 1971 | 54 | — | #1,116 |
| 1970 | 47 | — | #1,211 |
| 1969 | 58 | — | #1,013 |
| 1968 | 45 | — | #1,123 |
| 1967 | 52 | — | #1,010 |
| 1966 | 45 | — | #1,105 |
| 1965 | 53 | — | #1,013 |
| 1964 | 55 | — | #1,021 |
| 1963 | 64 | — | #940 |
| 1962 | 81 | — | #843 |
| 1961 | 72 | — | #908 |
| 1960 | 66 | — | #933 |
| 1959 | 81 | — | #839 |
| 1958 | 95 | — | #762 |
| 1957 | 98 | — | #760 |
| 1956 | 87 | — | #799 |
| 1955 | 118 | — | #673 |
| 1954 | 91 | — | #749 |
| 1953 | 106 | — | #695 |
| 1952 | 99 | — | #705 |
| 1951 | 121 | — | #645 |
| 1950 | 116 | — | #645 |
| 1949 | 125 | — | #608 |
| 1948 | 134 | — | #577 |
| 1947 | 137 | — | #579 |
| 1946 | 137 | — | #546 |
| 1945 | 119 | — | #550 |
| 1944 | 142 | — | #510 |
| 1943 | 103 | — | #624 |
| 1942 | 131 | — | #533 |
| 1941 | 135 | — | #507 |
| 1940 | 133 | — | #503 |
| 1939 | 140 | — | #486 |
| 1938 | 153 | — | #468 |
| 1937 | 132 | — | #501 |
| 1936 | 128 | — | #500 |
| 1935 | 148 | — | #467 |
| 1934 | 133 | — | #497 |
| 1933 | 141 | — | #474 |
| 1932 | 154 | — | #463 |
| 1931 | 176 | — | #429 |
| 1930 | 171 | — | #456 |
| 1929 | 178 | — | #445 |
| 1928 | 211 | — | #414 |
| 1927 | 204 | — | #425 |
| 1926 | 208 | — | #420 |
| 1925 | 208 | — | #415 |
| 1924 | 246 | — | #382 |
| 1923 | 240 | — | #383 |
| 1922 | 242 | — | #388 |
| 1921 | 277 | — | #361 |
| 1920 | 244 | — | #382 |
| 1919 | 234 | — | #379 |
| 1918 | 257 | — | #365 |
| 1917 | 230 | — | #368 |
| 1916 | 231 | — | #354 |
| 1915 | 226 | — | #356 |
| 1914 | 155 | — | #381 |
| 1913 | 137 | — | #354 |
| 1912 | 136 | — | #318 |
| 1911 | 48 | — | #416 |
| 1910 | 47 | — | #377 |
| 1909 | 39 | — | #393 |
| 1908 | 32 | — | #424 |
| 1907 | 40 | — | #343 |
| 1906 | 32 | — | #382 |
| 1905 | 44 | — | #304 |
| 1904 | 25 | — | #421 |
| 1903 | 39 | — | #302 |
| 1902 | 33 | — | #344 |
| 1901 | 38 | — | #281 |
| 1900 | 37 | — | #363 |
| 1899 | 27 | — | #348 |
| 1898 | 38 | — | #310 |
| 1897 | 32 | — | #327 |
| 1896 | 29 | — | #360 |
| 1895 | 23 | — | #402 |
| 1894 | 24 | — | #381 |
| 1893 | 28 | — | #336 |
| 1892 | 23 | — | #399 |
| 1891 | 19 | — | #403 |
| 1890 | 19 | — | #419 |
| 1889 | 19 | — | #423 |
| 1888 | 26 | — | #364 |
| 1887 | 18 | — | #398 |
| 1886 | 19 | — | #409 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | #620 |
| 1884 | 21 | — | #390 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | #663 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | #671 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | #673 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | #587 |