Hershey — #12416 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hershey

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Hershey between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hershey currently holds the #12416 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hershey performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Hershey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hershey 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 133 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.