How rare is the name Gerson?

8,189 people in the United States have the first name Gerson, about 1 in 36,883. It ranks #2,826 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

GERSON

#2,826

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,189
About
1 in 36,883
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,189 people named Gerson, 90.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% as White and 2.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gerson peaked in 2008, when 145 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
145
In 2025*
108 ▼26%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,323 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gerson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,884. The largest share of babies named Gerson, 41.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#4,053103
1920s#4,500132
1930s#5,45176
1940s#6,87951
1950s#9,90327
1960s#9,50144
1970s#8,192102
1980s#5,081279
1990s#3,359711
2000s#2,8841,222
2010s#3,560996
2020s#3,656575
Greatest Generation 1901–275%
Silent Generation 1928–453.2%
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–9616.7%
Generation Z 1997–1241.2%
2013 and later29.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gerson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gerson has been most common in California (3.3×), Texas (2.8×), and Maryland (2.7×), and least common in Georgia (0.96×).

2,688 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Gerson

1 other first name also has 8,189 people.

#2,826 Chau · 8,189

Either side of Gerson

#2,825 Armand · 8,191#2,826 Chau · 8,189#2,828 Bryn · 8,179#2,828 Carli · 8,179

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gerson, most common first.

#13,920 Gershon · 856#43,791 Gerzon · 160

Also a last name

As a last name, Gerson ranks #11,991 of 156,621, with 2,488 people. See Gerson as a last name

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