Hirsch
Hirsch is a German surname and a Yiddish masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include:
Meaning & Origin of Hirsch
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hirsch is a German surname and a Yiddish masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include:
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The Story of Hirsch
The earliest SSA record of Hirsch as a baby boy name dates back to 1918, when 6 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Hirsch — #3,728 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Hirsch on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hirsch last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Hirsch
Hirsch is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Hirsch's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #3,728. Use the chart and map above to compare Hirsch's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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