NameTides

Hershy

Hershy was the #1,976 boys' name in the US in 2025 (77 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Hershy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Hershy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Hershy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,976 (77)#3,256 (6)—
2024#2,057 (73)#2,264 (10)#2,238 (8)
2023#2,113 (69)#2,547 (8)—
2022#2,039 (74)#2,019 (11)—
2021#3,121 (38)#1,984 (11)—
2020#2,467 (52)#2,960 (6)—
2019#2,491 (53)#2,488 (8)—
2018#2,325 (57)#2,445 (8)—
2017#2,597 (48)#3,449 (5)—
2016#2,783 (43)#4,023 (4)—
2015#3,022 (38)#3,908 (4)—
2014#3,038 (37)——
2013#2,848 (40)#2,403 (8)—
2012#3,450 (31)#2,721 (7)—
2011#3,164 (35)#3,300 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,976.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Hershy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hershy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #270NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Hershy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HershyCanadaBoys—too few
HershyEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
HershyUSBoys#1,97677