boys:
647 births since 1913
#3940 (14th percentile)
overall:
647 births since 1913
#7092 (8th percentile)
The name Hershal is the #7,092 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 647 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,940 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 647 births since 1913.
Hershal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Hershal is available in 56 out of the 92 years between 1913 and 2004. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Hershal reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #510) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hershal".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Hershal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Hershal is pronounced as HER-shuhl, which has 2 syllables.
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