The baby name Herschel appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2019. It was most popular in 1921 with 366 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Herschel has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 26 |
| 1911 | 16 |
| 1912 | 119 |
| 1913 | 154 |
| 1914 | 165 |
| 1915 | 272 |
| 1916 | 261 |
| 1917 | 296 |
| 1918 | 332 |
| 1919 | 299 |
| 1920 | 321 |
| 1921 | 366 |
| 1922 | 301 |
| 1923 | 320 |
| 1924 | 304 |
| 1925 | 284 |
| 1926 | 267 |
| 1927 | 234 |
| 1928 | 242 |
| 1929 | 237 |
| 1930 | 238 |
| 1931 | 193 |
| 1932 | 171 |
| 1933 | 155 |
| 1934 | 114 |
| 1935 | 140 |
| 1936 | 116 |
| 1937 | 108 |
| 1938 | 157 |
| 1939 | 144 |
| 1940 | 161 |
| 1941 | 127 |
| 1942 | 129 |
| 1943 | 91 |
| 1944 | 140 |
| 1945 | 110 |
| 1946 | 127 |
| 1947 | 150 |
| 1948 | 137 |
| 1949 | 123 |
| 1950 | 102 |
| 1951 | 91 |
| 1952 | 57 |
| 1953 | 110 |
| 1954 | 63 |
| 1955 | 118 |
| 1956 | 85 |
| 1957 | 98 |
| 1958 | 101 |
| 1959 | 65 |
| 1960 | 59 |
| 1961 | 58 |
| 1962 | 71 |
| 1963 | 38 |
| 1964 | 34 |
| 1965 | 22 |
| 1966 | 20 |
| 1967 | 32 |
| 1968 | 26 |
| 1969 | 21 |
| 1970 | 23 |
| 1971 | 28 |
| 1972 | 10 |
| 1973 | 6 |
| 1980 | 10 |
| 1982 | 24 |
| 1983 | 17 |
| 1986 | 15 |
| 1988 | 11 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2019 | 7 |