Hershel is an established boys' name that peaked in 1924 and has since faded.
Hershel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,692 for boy births in the United States (and #5,776 across all names), given to 48 babies. Hershel first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (226 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,692 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,685 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,556 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,768 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,531 |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,042 |
| 2019 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,594 |
| 2018 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,195 |
| 2017 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,090 |
| 2016 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,948 |
| 2015 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,539 |
| 2014 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,861 |
| 2013 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,911 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,194 |
| 2011 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,602 |
| 2010 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,568 |
| 2009 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,589 |
| 2008 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,763 |
| 2007 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,836 |
| 2006 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,107 |
| 2005 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,663 |
| 2003 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,954 |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,042 |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,661 |
| 2000 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,831 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,431 |
| 1998 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,430 |
| 1997 | 37 | — | — | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 25 | — | — | #2,964 |
| 1995 | 28 | — | — | #2,646 |
| 1994 | 24 | — | — | #2,981 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | — | #2,813 |
| 1992 | 24 | — | — | #2,872 |
| 1991 | 37 | — | — | #2,032 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | — | #2,650 |
| 1989 | 25 | — | — | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 33 | — | — | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 37 | — | — | #1,769 |
| 1986 | 23 | — | — | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | — | #1,887 |
| 1984 | 32 | — | — | #1,776 |
| 1983 | 36 | — | — | #1,640 |
| 1982 | 31 | — | — | #1,830 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | — | #1,967 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | — | #1,879 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | — | #1,501 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | — | #1,769 |
| 1977 | 34 | — | — | #1,623 |
| 1976 | 39 | — | — | #1,436 |
| 1975 | 40 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1974 | 51 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1973 | 45 | — | — | #1,236 |
| 1972 | 40 | — | — | #1,334 |
| 1971 | 46 | — | — | #1,220 |
| 1970 | 46 | — | — | #1,230 |
| 1969 | 58 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1968 | 70 | — | — | #868 |
| 1967 | 46 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1966 | 58 | — | — | #956 |
| 1965 | 57 | — | — | #980 |
| 1964 | 78 | — | — | #863 |
| 1963 | 67 | — | — | #916 |
| 1962 | 71 | — | — | #906 |
| 1961 | 85 | — | — | #835 |
| 1960 | 62 | — | — | #969 |
| 1959 | 73 | — | — | #901 |
| 1958 | 69 | — | — | #910 |
| 1957 | 91 | — | — | #786 |
| 1956 | 91 | — | — | #781 |
| 1955 | 99 | — | — | #735 |
| 1954 | 107 | — | — | #701 |
| 1953 | 113 | — | — | #674 |
| 1952 | 125 | — | — | #629 |
| 1951 | 125 | — | — | #630 |
| 1950 | 113 | — | — | #660 |
| 1949 | 113 | — | — | #643 |
| 1948 | 144 | — | — | #559 |
| 1947 | 127 | — | — | #603 |
| 1946 | 131 | — | — | #560 |
| 1945 | 127 | — | — | #530 |
| 1944 | 150 | — | — | #497 |
| 1943 | 138 | — | — | #535 |
| 1942 | 180 | — | — | #463 |
| 1941 | 176 | — | — | #440 |
| 1940 | 154 | — | — | #466 |
| 1939 | 183 | — | — | #420 |
| 1938 | 167 | — | — | #448 |
| 1937 | 177 | — | — | #427 |
| 1936 | 146 | — | — | #467 |
| 1935 | 180 | — | — | #410 |
| 1934 | 161 | — | — | #445 |
| 1933 | 163 | — | — | #432 |
| 1932 | 207 | — | — | #391 |
| 1931 | 172 | — | — | #433 |
| 1930 | 200 | — | — | #416 |
| 1929 | 211 | — | — | #401 |
| 1928 | 181 | — | — | #448 |
| 1927 | 202 | — | — | #427 |
| 1926 | 215 | — | — | #408 |
| 1925 | 180 | — | — | #448 |
| 1924 | 226 | — | — | #409 |
| 1923 | 208 | — | — | #418 |
| 1922 | 202 | — | — | #423 |
| 1921 | 213 | — | — | #416 |
| 1920 | 194 | — | — | #432 |
| 1919 | 206 | — | — | #406 |
| 1918 | 187 | — | #5,144 | #440 |
| 1917 | 146 | — | — | #475 |
| 1916 | 153 | — | — | #458 |
| 1915 | 141 | — | — | #463 |
| 1914 | 98 | — | — | #495 |
| 1913 | 85 | — | — | #467 |
| 1912 | 61 | — | — | #503 |
| 1911 | 31 | — | — | #538 |
| 1910 | 25 | — | — | #574 |
| 1909 | 22 | — | — | #564 |
| 1908 | 23 | — | — | #528 |
| 1907 | 24 | — | — | #480 |
| 1906 | 25 | — | — | #446 |
| 1905 | 23 | — | — | #471 |
| 1904 | 20 | — | — | #482 |
| 1903 | 17 | — | — | #539 |
| 1902 | 20 | — | — | #479 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #518 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | — | #712 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | — | #819 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | — | #718 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | — | #753 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | — | #696 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | — | #762 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #795 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | — | #827 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,068 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | — | #695 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #864 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #1,009 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #723 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #762 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #886 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #976 |