Hershell is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 1994. Hershell first appears in the data in 1899 and reached its peak in 1920 (45 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | #20,545 |
| 1988 | 7 | #13,906 |
| 1987 | 6 | #14,706 |
| 1984 | 6 | #13,561 |
| 1983 | 9 | #10,117 |
| 1982 | 7 | #12,283 |
| 1981 | 7 | #12,163 |
| 1980 | 6 | #13,516 |
| 1979 | 6 | #13,273 |
| 1978 | 7 | #11,320 |
| 1977 | 8 | #10,315 |
| 1976 | 10 | #8,490 |
| 1975 | 6 | #11,813 |
| 1974 | 7 | #10,259 |
| 1973 | 10 | #7,908 |
| 1972 | 15 | #5,980 |
| 1971 | 17 | #5,603 |
| 1970 | 8 | #8,668 |
| 1969 | 15 | #5,508 |
| 1968 | 9 | #7,162 |
| 1967 | 13 | #5,559 |
| 1966 | 17 | #4,666 |
| 1965 | 8 | #7,268 |
| 1964 | 9 | #6,994 |
| 1963 | 8 | #7,375 |
| 1962 | 23 | #4,011 |
| 1961 | 15 | #5,129 |
| 1960 | 25 | #3,791 |
| 1959 | 24 | #3,760 |
| 1958 | 19 | #4,251 |
| 1957 | 35 | #3,034 |
| 1956 | 29 | #3,322 |
| 1955 | 25 | #3,527 |
| 1954 | 28 | #3,284 |
| 1953 | 29 | #3,135 |
| 1952 | 26 | #3,300 |
| 1951 | 25 | #3,295 |
| 1950 | 25 | #3,226 |
| 1949 | 29 | #2,992 |
| 1948 | 29 | #2,964 |
| 1947 | 38 | #2,609 |
| 1946 | 24 | #3,160 |
| 1945 | 28 | #2,686 |
| 1944 | 29 | #2,631 |
| 1943 | 43 | #2,175 |
| 1942 | 36 | #2,380 |
| 1941 | 36 | #2,269 |
| 1940 | 38 | #2,152 |
| 1939 | 39 | #2,098 |
| 1938 | 44 | #1,962 |
| 1937 | 37 | #2,151 |
| 1936 | 40 | #2,048 |
| 1935 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1934 | 32 | #2,350 |
| 1933 | 43 | #1,958 |
| 1932 | 32 | #2,377 |
| 1931 | 29 | #2,513 |
| 1930 | 28 | #2,672 |
| 1929 | 35 | #2,312 |
| 1928 | 37 | #2,303 |
| 1927 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1926 | 33 | #2,550 |
| 1925 | 41 | #2,225 |
| 1924 | 40 | #2,313 |
| 1923 | 27 | #2,911 |
| 1922 | 42 | #2,211 |
| 1921 | 40 | #2,269 |
| 1920 | 45 | #2,100 |
| 1919 | 35 | #2,401 |
| 1918 | 20 | #3,460 |
| 1917 | 35 | #2,283 |
| 1916 | 24 | #2,863 |
| 1915 | 18 | #3,336 |
| 1914 | 13 | #3,554 |
| 1913 | 15 | #2,841 |
| 1912 | 10 | #3,374 |
| 1911 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1910 | 5 | #3,888 |
| 1909 | 5 | #3,610 |
| 1908 | 5 | #3,438 |
| 1906 | 5 | #3,188 |
| 1903 | 8 | #2,181 |
| 1902 | 5 | #2,971 |
| 1899 | 5 | #2,771 |