Herschell
Herschell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192433 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1897
- 1,059people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,059 boys have been named Herschell in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 25%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Herschell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 173 | |
| 1920s | 267 | |
| 1930s | 186 | |
| 1940s | 150 | |
| 1950s | 97 | |
| 1960s | 100 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1980s | 36 | |
| 1990s | 11 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Herschell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Herschell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wilburtpeak 1920
- Gordenpeak 1922
- Arvilpeak 1924
- Virgelpeak 1920
- Murrellpeak 1923
- Verlpeak 1918
- Orvilpeak 1921
- Elwynpeak 1924
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.