Hershel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5747 for boy births in the United States, given to 48 babies. Hershel first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1924 (226 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #5,747 |
| 2024 | 49 | #5,720 |
| 2023 | 52 | #5,498 |
| 2022 | 47 | #5,893 |
| 2021 | 32 | #7,492 |
| 2020 | 38 | #6,589 |
| 2019 | 31 | #7,708 |
| 2018 | 36 | #6,915 |
| 2017 | 38 | #6,745 |
| 2016 | 40 | #6,502 |
| 2015 | 49 | #5,674 |
| 2014 | 41 | #6,399 |
| 2013 | 39 | #6,580 |
| 2012 | 35 | #7,195 |
| 2011 | 47 | #5,870 |
| 2010 | 30 | #8,021 |
| 2009 | 30 | #8,100 |
| 2008 | 44 | #6,275 |
| 2007 | 42 | #6,462 |
| 2006 | 35 | #7,094 |
| 2005 | 52 | #5,202 |
| 2004 | 40 | #6,084 |
| 2003 | 33 | #6,759 |
| 2002 | 30 | #7,007 |
| 2001 | 23 | #8,337 |
| 2000 | 32 | #6,525 |
| 1999 | 16 | #10,133 |
| 1998 | 22 | #7,926 |
| 1997 | 37 | #5,279 |
| 1996 | 25 | #6,855 |
| 1995 | 28 | #6,209 |
| 1994 | 24 | #6,956 |
| 1993 | 25 | #6,657 |
| 1992 | 24 | #6,838 |
| 1991 | 37 | #4,915 |
| 1990 | 25 | #6,377 |
| 1989 | 25 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 33 | #4,798 |
| 1987 | 37 | #4,231 |
| 1986 | 23 | #5,717 |
| 1985 | 31 | #4,625 |
| 1984 | 32 | #4,394 |
| 1983 | 36 | #3,984 |
| 1982 | 31 | #4,538 |
| 1981 | 28 | #4,827 |
| 1980 | 30 | #4,629 |
| 1979 | 40 | #3,693 |
| 1978 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 1977 | 34 | #3,960 |
| 1976 | 39 | #3,461 |
| 1975 | 40 | #3,373 |
| 1974 | 51 | #2,804 |
| 1973 | 45 | #2,962 |
| 1972 | 40 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 46 | #2,980 |
| 1970 | 46 | #2,977 |
| 1969 | 58 | #2,478 |
| 1968 | 70 | #2,125 |
| 1967 | 46 | #2,661 |
| 1966 | 58 | #2,321 |
| 1965 | 57 | #2,359 |
| 1964 | 78 | #2,052 |
| 1963 | 67 | #2,194 |
| 1962 | 71 | #2,143 |
| 1961 | 85 | #1,985 |
| 1960 | 62 | #2,274 |
| 1959 | 73 | #2,070 |
| 1958 | 69 | #2,100 |
| 1957 | 91 | #1,834 |
| 1956 | 91 | #1,797 |
| 1955 | 99 | #1,679 |
| 1954 | 107 | #1,588 |
| 1953 | 113 | #1,503 |
| 1952 | 125 | #1,403 |
| 1951 | 125 | #1,388 |
| 1950 | 113 | #1,444 |
| 1949 | 113 | #1,422 |
| 1948 | 144 | #1,220 |
| 1947 | 127 | #1,325 |
| 1946 | 131 | #1,226 |
| 1945 | 127 | #1,149 |
| 1944 | 150 | #1,074 |
| 1943 | 138 | #1,145 |
| 1942 | 180 | #989 |
| 1941 | 176 | #943 |
| 1940 | 154 | #996 |
| 1939 | 183 | #897 |
| 1938 | 167 | #948 |
| 1937 | 177 | #902 |
| 1936 | 146 | #983 |
| 1935 | 180 | #869 |
| 1934 | 161 | #932 |
| 1933 | 163 | #917 |
| 1932 | 207 | #828 |
| 1931 | 172 | #904 |
| 1930 | 200 | #868 |
| 1929 | 211 | #835 |
| 1928 | 181 | #944 |
| 1927 | 202 | #894 |
| 1926 | 215 | #861 |
| 1925 | 180 | #965 |
| 1924 | 226 | #853 |
| 1923 | 208 | #884 |
| 1922 | 202 | #901 |
| 1921 | 213 | #881 |
| 1920 | 194 | #919 |
| 1919 | 206 | #861 |
| 1918 | 187 | #917 |
| 1917 | 146 | #1,030 |
| 1916 | 153 | #986 |
| 1915 | 141 | #991 |
| 1914 | 98 | #1,064 |
| 1913 | 85 | #1,020 |
| 1912 | 61 | #1,137 |
| 1911 | 31 | #1,306 |
| 1910 | 25 | #1,414 |
| 1909 | 22 | #1,408 |
| 1908 | 23 | #1,337 |
| 1907 | 24 | #1,231 |
| 1906 | 25 | #1,170 |
| 1905 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 1904 | 20 | #1,277 |
| 1903 | 17 | #1,357 |
| 1902 | 20 | #1,236 |
| 1901 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,719 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,911 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,772 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,785 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,649 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,819 |
| 1894 | 5 | #2,420 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,797 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,819 |
| 1890 | 5 | #2,225 |
| 1889 | 9 | #1,554 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,809 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,936 |
| 1884 | 8 | #1,499 |
| 1883 | 7 | #1,486 |
| 1882 | 6 | #1,655 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,814 |