Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Hershel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hershel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

226

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

79.2%

2024

All-time

10,279

Hershel has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 226 boys were named Hershel.

In 2024, only 47 boys were given the name.

Down 79.2% from its peak.

All told, about 10,279 Americans have been named Hershel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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