Hurshell — boys' name
131 babies named Hurshell in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Hurshell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Hurshell in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hurshell
The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Hurshell between 1915 and 1947, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hurshell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hurshell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hurshell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hurshell 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 131 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.
Hurshell at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hurshell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1915
- Peak year (1918)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
131 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 9 births in a single year.
Hurshell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 40 births that decade — 31% of Hurshell's all-time total
Hurshell decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Hurshell's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.