How Many People Are Named Herchel?
people named Herchel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,051,650 people in the US has this name
Based on 454 babies named Herchel in Social Security records from 1907 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Herchel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Herchel alive today is about 70 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Herchel first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1918, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.
Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 1991
🏆 Rank History
Herchel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,429, in 1907.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,429 (1907) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,513 in the 1920s |
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