Pershing
- Last seen for boys in 1964 at #3,601
- Around 1917: General Pershing leads US forces in World War I
- Peak · boys
- 1918 · 295 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 599since 1915
Pershing over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Pershing has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
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| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
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| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
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| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
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| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1919 | #593 | 103 |
| 1918 | #334 | 295 |
| 1917 | #876 | 53 |
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| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Pershing! It came in at #2,458, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Pershing is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Pershing in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Biggest jump: 542 spots in 1918
- Biggest drop: 789 spots in 1920
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1918 at #334 (295 births)
- Births halved by 1919, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1917–1919
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,436
- Highest: 1 in 3,436 boys born in 1918 were named Pershing (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,116 boys born in 1964 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 77.0% of all boys named Pershing (461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 461 | #334 (1918) | #1,065 |
| 1920s | 68 | #1,382 (1920) | #3,071 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 58 | #2,478 (1940) | #2,901 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,329 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,601 |
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.
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