How Many People Are Named Hersh?
people named Hersh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 394,215 people in the US has this name
Based on 884 babies named Hersh in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "deer" in Yiddish. The deer is particularly associated with the tribe of Naphtali (see Genesis 49:21).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hersh in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hersh alive today is about 16 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hersh first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 2024, to 44 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hersh has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,777, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #2,852.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,852 |
| Best rank | #2,777 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,099 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hersh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hersh were born in New York than in any other state: about 471 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hersh was given about 15.4 times as often in New York.
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