Herschell
Recorded 1897–1997 · United States
Herschell was most popular in 1924, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,578 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,059 people named Herschell.
Herschell over time
How old is the name Herschell?
Herschell first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1897, which makes it about 128 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 75 of the 129 years since. It was last recorded in 1997.
How many people are named Herschell?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,059 American births named Herschell between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 312 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Herschell in 2025?
Herschell was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Herschell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Herschell is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,059 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Herschell?
Roughly 312 Americans named Herschell are alive today — 30% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 68 years old, and half are between 58 and 79.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org