Hersh — #2878 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hersh

The Social Security Administration has registered 839 babies named Hersh between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hersh currently holds the #2878 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hersh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Hersh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 449 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Hersh in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hersh 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 839 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.