Hersch — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hersch

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Hersch between 1998 and 2001, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hersch currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hersch performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hersch shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hersch in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hersch in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.