Boys' name · since 1975
Gerron
Gerron has 301 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,552 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 301
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Gerron sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 301 recorded since 1975.
Gerron has 301 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2018.
- #10,552 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 301 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerron ranks #10,552 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 301 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,552 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 301
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Gerron's 301 recorded births place it above 76.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gerron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gerron splits its recorded history at 1994: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gerron popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2018
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Gerron by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Gerron's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Gerron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Gerron's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2010s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gerron: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gerron draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.