Hershel
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Hershel is a boys' name, meaning “deer, buck”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Hershel mean?
“deer, buck”
A male given name from Yiddish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hershel a girl's or a boy's name?
Hershel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hershel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hershel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hershel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hershel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Hershel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,676th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48 about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Hershel, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 226 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hershel in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hershel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 36 | #1,630 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,231 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,327 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,008 |
| 1968 | 70 | #866 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 58 | #950 |
| 1965 | 57 | #976 |
| 1964 | 78 | #860 |
| 1963 | 67 | #910 |
| 1962 | 71 | #901 |
| 1961 | 85 | #832 |
| 1960 | 62 | #963 |
| 1959 | 73 | #896 |
| 1958 | 69 | #906 |
| 1957 | 91 | #785 |
| 1956 | 91 | #777 |
| 1955 | 99 | #731 |
| 1954 | 107 | #698 |
| 1953 | 113 | #668 |
| 1952 | 125 | #627 |
| 1951 | 125 | #627 |
| 1950 | 113 | #657 |
| 1949 | 113 | #640 |
| 1948 | 144 | #556 |
| 1947 | 127 | #602 |
| 1946 | 131 | #556 |
| 1945 | 127 | #530 |
| 1944 | 150 | #496 |
| 1943 | 138 | #535 |
| 1942 | 180 | #462 |
| 1941 | 176 | #439 |
| 1940 | 154 | #466 |
| 1939 | 183 | #420 |
| 1938 | 167 | #447 |
| 1937 | 177 | #426 |
| 1936 | 146 | #466 |
| 1935 | 180 | #410 |
| 1934 | 161 | #445 |
| 1933 | 163 | #432 |
| 1932 | 207 | #391 |
| 1931 | 172 | #433 |
| 1930 | 200 | #416 |
| 1929 | 211 | #401 |
| 1928 | 181 | #445 |
| 1927 | 202 | #427 |
| 1926 | 215 | #407 |
| 1925 | 180 | #448 |
| 1924 | 226 | #407 |
| 1923 | 208 | #417 |
| 1922 | 202 | #423 |
| 1921 | 213 | #416 |
| 1920 | 194 | #431 |
| 1919 | 206 | #406 |
| 1918 | 182 | #440 |
| 1917 | 146 | #474 |
| 1916 | 153 | #455 |
| 1915 | 141 | #462 |
| 1914 | 98 | #493 |
| 1913 | 85 | #465 |
| 1912 | 61 | #502 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 |
| 1910 | 25 | #569 |
| 1909 | 22 | #558 |
| 1908 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 25 | #443 |
| 1905 | 23 | #463 |
| 1904 | 20 | #482 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 20 | #475 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Hershel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Henry, Arthur, Otis, Archie, Freddie, Leo, Louie, Wilfred, Stanley, Frederick, Harris, Harvey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hershel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hershel, updated 20 October 2026.