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Herschel
OriginHebrew
Meaning"deer"
GenderBoy
US Rank#992
Top 1000
NB Rank#2025
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Variation of Hershel
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US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,921 | 27 | 14.1 |
| 2016 | #3,815 | 28 | 14.8 |
| 2017 | #4,519 | 22 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | #4,278 | 24 | 13.2 |
| 2019 | #3,444 | 33 | 18.4 |
| 2020 | #3,041 | 38 | 22 |
| 2021 | #3,142 | 38 | 21.7 |
| 2022 | #4,477 | 23 | 13.2 |
| 2023 | #3,927 | 28 | 16.4 |
| 2024 | #4,929 | 20 | 11.6 |
| 2025 | #3,399 | 34 | 19.9 |
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born in
- 1921 – last rumoured to be alive 1945
declared dead 1960) was a Polish Jew born in Germany. The Nazis used his assassination of the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath on 7 November 1938 in Paris as a pretext to launch Kristallnacht, the antisemitic pogrom of 9–10 November 1938.
Herschel in pop culture
- Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski aka Krusty the Clown
character on TV's "The Simpsons".
- Herschel Sparks
character on the TV series "Young Sheldon" Herschel is the father of Billy Sparks
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