Herschell is a rare variant of Herschel that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Herschell is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1997. Herschell first appears in 1897 and peaked in 1924 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | — | #9,821 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #7,628 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #6,731 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #7,128 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #4,863 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,659 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,660 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #5,157 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,173 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #3,764 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #5,220 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #5,020 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,166 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,376 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,672 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,869 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #2,532 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | #2,068 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,933 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,802 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | #2,468 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #2,365 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #3,760 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,146 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,378 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | #1,909 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,860 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,280 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,142 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #2,764 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #2,749 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #2,498 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #2,274 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | #1,909 |
| 1947 | 16 | — | #1,950 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #2,473 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | #2,183 |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,121 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | #1,665 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #1,830 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #1,946 |
| 1940 | 24 | — | #1,381 |
| 1939 | 18 | — | #1,599 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | #1,541 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,038 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #1,922 |
| 1935 | 25 | — | #1,376 |
| 1934 | 19 | — | #1,635 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #1,869 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #1,442 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #1,801 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,619 |
| 1929 | 24 | — | #1,498 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #1,863 |
| 1927 | 25 | — | #1,539 |
| 1926 | 30 | — | #1,341 |
| 1925 | 29 | — | #1,375 |
| 1924 | 33 | — | #1,277 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | #1,341 |
| 1922 | 32 | — | #1,295 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | #1,526 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | #1,722 |
| 1919 | 31 | — | #1,282 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #1,626 |
| 1917 | 18 | — | #1,777 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | #1,440 |
| 1915 | 29 | — | #1,228 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,518 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | #2,006 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #1,807 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,330 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,495 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,126 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,403 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,136 |