Gerson — #1834 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerson

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,214 babies named Gerson between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerson currently holds the #1834 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 145 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerson performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Gerson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 876 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerson in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,214 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.