Hershell is a rare variant of Hershel that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Hershell is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1994. Hershell was first reported in SSA data in 1899 and peaked in 1920 (45 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | — | #9,354 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #6,024 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,408 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #5,860 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #4,279 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,245 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #5,144 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #5,809 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #5,625 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #4,728 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #4,335 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #3,577 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #5,048 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #4,342 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #3,305 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | #2,471 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | #2,317 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #3,637 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #2,253 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #2,982 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | #2,283 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | #1,919 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #3,088 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #2,943 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,164 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #1,691 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | #2,178 |
| 1960 | 25 | — | #1,640 |
| 1959 | 24 | — | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | #1,864 |
| 1957 | 35 | — | #1,328 |
| 1956 | 29 | — | #1,461 |
| 1955 | 25 | — | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 28 | — | #1,448 |
| 1953 | 29 | — | #1,416 |
| 1952 | 26 | — | #1,501 |
| 1951 | 25 | — | #1,501 |
| 1950 | 25 | — | #1,482 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | #1,361 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | #1,363 |
| 1947 | 38 | — | #1,181 |
| 1946 | 24 | — | #1,451 |
| 1945 | 28 | — | #1,255 |
| 1944 | 29 | — | #1,246 |
| 1943 | 43 | — | #1,027 |
| 1942 | 36 | — | #1,153 |
| 1941 | 36 | — | #1,096 |
| 1940 | 38 | — | #1,055 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | #1,019 |
| 1938 | 44 | — | #954 |
| 1937 | 37 | — | #1,062 |
| 1936 | 40 | — | #999 |
| 1935 | 41 | — | #1,000 |
| 1934 | 32 | — | #1,180 |
| 1933 | 43 | — | #973 |
| 1932 | 32 | — | #1,206 |
| 1931 | 29 | — | #1,296 |
| 1930 | 28 | — | #1,375 |
| 1929 | 35 | — | #1,181 |
| 1928 | 37 | — | #1,174 |
| 1927 | 40 | — | #1,134 |
| 1926 | 33 | — | #1,268 |
| 1925 | 41 | — | #1,097 |
| 1924 | 40 | — | #1,147 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | #1,445 |
| 1922 | 42 | — | #1,093 |
| 1921 | 40 | — | #1,130 |
| 1920 | 45 | — | #1,041 |
| 1919 | 35 | — | #1,198 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | #1,739 |
| 1917 | 35 | — | #1,143 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | #1,441 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,687 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,819 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | #1,404 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | #1,673 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,151 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,700 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,565 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,491 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,319 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #871 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,213 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,118 |