Gerson
Gerson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 88 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 880.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2008145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1909
- 4,214people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,214 boys have been named Gerson in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 145 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 29%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gerson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 103 | |
| 1920s | 132 | |
| 1930s | 76 | |
| 1940s | 51 | |
| 1950s | 27 | |
| 1960s | 44 | |
| 1970s | 102 | |
| 1980s | 279 | |
| 1990s | 711 | |
| 2000s | 1,221 | |
| 2010s | 996 | |
| 2020s | 467 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Gerson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Gerson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Pearcepeak 2010
- Obedpeak 2005
- Dominicpeak 2013
- Adelpeak 2007
- Draytonpeak 2012
- Adrienpeak 2009
- Jacobopeak 2023
- Rodrigopeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.