Pershing — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pershing

The Social Security Administration has registered 599 babies named Pershing between 1915 and 1964, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pershing currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 295 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pershing performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Pershing shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Pershing in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pershing 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 599 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.