Hershy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HER-shee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,976 for boys
Hershy is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “deer”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Hershy mean?
Germanic: Yiddish pet form of Hersh or Herschel
“deer”
A Yiddish pet form of Hersh or Herschel, from hirsh, 'deer'.
Is Hershy a girl's or a boy's name?
Hershy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 77 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hershy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Hershy, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hershy than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Hershy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Hershy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Hershy 6
- Hershi 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Hershy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Hershy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,976th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77 about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Hershy, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had the most boys named Hershy of any year since it first appeared, in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Hershy in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hershy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Hershy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River, Aarav, Bodhi, Remy, Hudson, Ayaan, Vihaan, Arjan, Krishiv, Yahya, Shivansh, Yuvraj
Names related to Hershy
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Hershy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hershy, updated 20 October 2026.