How Many People Are Named Herschel?
people named Herschel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 98,867 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,674 babies named Herschel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
277 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of HERSHEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Herschel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Herschel alive today is about 55 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 38 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Herschel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 277 babies. In 2025, 34 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Herschel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #281, in 1901. In 2025 it ranked #3,398.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,398 |
| Best rank | #281 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #400 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Herschel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Herschel were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 206 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Herschel was given 4.8 times as often in Indiana, 3.8 times in Georgia and 3.3 times in Kentucky.
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