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Hershel
Rank in 2024
#2,765
Born in 2024
47
Peak year
1924 · #408
Origin
Yiddish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 47 boys were named Hershel, about 1 in every 36,496.
- It peaked in 1924 with 226 babies, ranked #408.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 10,279 boys have been named Hershel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Hershel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,957 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Silent: 3,073 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,884 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 730 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 464 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 548 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 490 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Yiddish הירשעל (hirshel), a diminutive of הירש (hirsh, “deer, buck”).
- A male given name from Yiddish.
- Origin
- Yiddish
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Hershel, CC BY-SA 4.0.