How Many People Are Named Hershell?
people named Hershell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 540,798 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,847 babies named Hershell in Social Security records from 1899 to 1994, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
45 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hershell in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hershell alive today is about 68 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hershell first appears in the records in 1899 and was given most often in 1920, to 45 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1994.
Babies given the name each year, 1899 to 1994
🏆 Rank History
Hershell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #871, in 1903.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #871 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,160 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hershell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hershell were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hershell was given 13.3 times as often in Kentucky, 7.2 times in Oklahoma and 7.2 times in Tennessee.
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