Herschel
Rank in 2025
#3379
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
34
boys 34
Peak year
1901
38 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
10,674
since 1880
Born a Herschel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Herschel was most popular in 1901, when 38 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.36 per 1,000). In 2025, 34 babies were named Herschel, ranking #3379 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 34 | 3379 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 20 | 4890 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 28 | 3883 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 23 | 4442 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 38 | 3121 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 38 | 3025 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 33 | 3426 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 24 | 4226 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 22 | 4466 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 28 | 3776 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 27 | 3882 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 15 | 5733 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 16 | 5404 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 20 | 4686 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 9 | 8079 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 10 | 7591 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 14 | 6095 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 12 | 6763 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 11 | 7094 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 26 | 3782 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 17 | 4616 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 17 | 4476 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 19 | 4066 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 26 | 3103 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 20 | 3597 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 19 | 3601 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 16 | 4022 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 24 | 2923 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 19 | 3469 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 28 | 2577 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 33 | 2253 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 30 | 2344 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 47 | 1702 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 40 | 1858 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 47 | 1553 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 40 | 1684 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 46 | 1476 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 28 | 2019 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 31 | 1796 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 56 | 1222 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 54 | 1264 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 30 | 1865 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 30 | 1852 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 28 | 1903 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 26 | 1913 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 30 | 1743 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 35 | 1541 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 33 | 1559 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 35 | 1471 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 32 | 1514 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 56 | 1083 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 54 | 1109 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 47 | 1207 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 58 | 1008 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 45 | 1119 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 52 | 1003 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 45 | 1100 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 53 | 1012 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 55 | 1016 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 64 | 936 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 81 | 841 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 72 | 901 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 66 | 927 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 81 | 838 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 95 | 761 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 98 | 758 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 87 | 796 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 118 | 672 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 91 | 749 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 106 | 693 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 99 | 703 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 121 | 645 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 116 | 645 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 125 | 607 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 134 | 576 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 137 | 577 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 137 | 545 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 119 | 548 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 142 | 509 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 103 | 623 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 131 | 532 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 135 | 506 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 133 | 503 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 140 | 485 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 153 | 468 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 132 | 499 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 128 | 500 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 148 | 466 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 133 | 496 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 141 | 473 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 154 | 461 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 176 | 428 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 171 | 455 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 178 | 444 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 211 | 414 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 204 | 425 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 208 | 420 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 208 | 415 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 246 | 382 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 240 | 383 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 242 | 388 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 277 | 361 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 244 | 382 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 234 | 379 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 257 | 365 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 230 | 368 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 231 | 354 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 226 | 356 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 155 | 381 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 137 | 353 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 136 | 317 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 48 | 416 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 47 | 376 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 39 | 388 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 32 | 422 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 40 | 341 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 32 | 378 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 44 | 303 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 25 | 417 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 39 | 300 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 33 | 337 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 38 | 277 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 37 | 357 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 27 | 346 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 38 | 307 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 32 | 327 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 29 | 357 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 23 | 399 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 24 | 376 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 28 | 330 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 23 | 394 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 19 | 397 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 19 | 415 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 19 | 415 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 26 | 359 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 18 | 392 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 19 | 403 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 10 | 604 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 21 | 386 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 9 | 644 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 9 | 652 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 8 | 653 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 11 | 571 |
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