Gerson
#1,571 for boys in 2025, 108 births
- Peak · boys
- 2005 · 143 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,323since 1909
Gerson over time
Rank among boys' names. Gerson has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,571 | 108 |
| 2024 | #1,833 | 88 |
| 2023 | #1,694 | 100 |
| 2022 | #1,760 | 94 |
| 2021 | #1,931 | 78 |
| 2020 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2019 | #1,678 | 95 |
| 2018 | #1,530 | 111 |
| 2017 | #1,478 | 114 |
| 2016 | #1,484 | 115 |
| 2015 | #1,895 | 77 |
| 2014 | #1,701 | 89 |
| 2013 | #1,709 | 86 |
| 2012 | #1,562 | 101 |
| 2011 | #1,620 | 94 |
| 2010 | #1,447 | 114 |
| 2009 | #1,433 | 117 |
| 2008 | #1,211 | 145 |
| 2007 | #1,277 | 137 |
| 2006 | #1,224 | 137 |
| 2005 | #1,137 | 143 |
| 2004 | #1,251 | 120 |
| 2003 | #1,253 | 115 |
| 2002 | #1,315 | 101 |
| 2001 | #1,203 | 112 |
| 2000 | #1,341 | 95 |
| 1999 | #1,342 | 89 |
| 1998 | #1,372 | 85 |
| 1997 | #1,438 | 75 |
| 1996 | #1,321 | 82 |
| 1995 | #1,508 | 63 |
| 1994 | #1,353 | 74 |
| 1993 | #1,431 | 66 |
| 1992 | #1,382 | 67 |
| 1991 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #1,587 | 52 |
| 1989 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
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| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Gerson! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gerson is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#665 · 1 in 4,624
- Massachusetts#723 · 1 in 5,887
- Texas#884 · 1 in 7,409
- North Carolina#909 · 1 in 7,425
- New York#1,216 · 1 in 11,111
Best ever in a state: #297 in New York, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #665 | 9 | 1 in 4,624 |
| Massachusetts | #723 | 5 | 1 in 5,887 |
| Texas | #884 | 25 | 1 in 7,409 |
| North Carolina | #909 | 7 | 1 in 7,425 |
| New York | #1,216 | 9 | 1 in 11,111 |
| Florida | #1,348 | 7 | 1 in 13,991 |
| California | #1,484 | 12 | 1 in 18,640 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gerson
- 262 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,571)
- 32 spots since 2020 (#1,539 → #1,571)
- 324 spots since 2015 (#1,895 → #1,571)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 2005 at #1,137 (143 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,967 boys born in 2005 were named Gerson (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,816 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 28.3% of all boys named Gerson (1,222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 103 | #1,223 (1912) | #2,066 |
| 1920s | 132 | #1,959 (1927) | #2,327 |
| 1930s | 76 | #2,050 (1939) | #2,788 |
| 1940s | 51 | #2,656 (1941) | #3,115 |
| 1950s | 27 | #2,680 (1952) | #3,357 |
| 1960s | 44 | #2,576 (1968) | #3,314 |
| 1970s | 102 | #2,458 (1977) | #3,232 |
| 1980s | 279 | #1,766 (1989) | #2,099 |
| 1990s | 711 | #1,321 (1996) | #1,424 |
| 2000s | 1,222 | #1,137 (2005) | #1,265 |
| 2010s | 996 | #1,447 (2010) | #1,610 |
| 2020s | 575 | #1,539 (2020) | #1,721 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gerson in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 16,502 of them was named Gerson, which outranked 89.6% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,478Rigoberto116
- #1,478Syncere116
- #1,478Tylan116
- #1,484Gerson115
- #1,484Callahan115
- #1,484Duane115
- #1,484Hyrum115
- #1,491Cordell114
- #1,491Isa114
- #1,491Ishan114
Tied with 6 names at #1,484; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.