The name Hershel is of Hebrew origin, and means deer.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Hershel has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Hershel
Use of the Name Hershel for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
8,204
969
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Hershel has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Hershel last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1968, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Hershel
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
975
5
1881
1882
887
6
1883
762
7
1884
723
8
1885
1886
1887
1888
864
7
1889
695
9
1890
1891
1892
827
8
1893
796
8
1894
1895
763
9
1896
696
11
1897
753
9
1898
718
10
1899
819
8
1900
714
13
1901
518
15
1902
479
20
1903
539
17
1904
482
20
1905
471
23
1906
446
25
1907
481
24
1908
527
23
1909
564
22
1910
575
25
1911
536
31
1912
502
61
1913
466
85
1914
494
98
1915
466
140
1916
449
154
1917
478
145
1918
438
183
1919
408
205
1920
427
196
1921
420
207
1922
415
209
1923
420
206
1924
413
222
1925
448
179
1926
409
215
1927
426
202
1928
444
182
1929
401
211
1930
410
203
1931
432
172
1932
391
206
1933
437
159
1934
445
162
1935
410
180
1936
467
145
1937
426
177
1938
445
168
1939
421
182
1940
468
153
1941
436
178
1942
466
178
1943
535
138
1944
494
151
1945
533
126
1946
572
126
1947
602
128
1948
558
143
1949
645
113
1950
642
117
1951
629
125
1952
635
122
1953
666
113
1954
699
107
1955
738
97
1956
771
92
1957
788
91
1958
908
69
1959
905
72
1960
965
62
1961
838
84
1962
896
72
1963
914
67
1964
865
78
1965
980
57
1966
962
57
1967
1968
863
71
Totals:
8,204
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Hershel as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Hershel appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 81 times during the last 125 years.