Gershon
#4,874 most common boys' name of all time · #12,053 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1915–2025
Rank among boys
#4,874
Rank overall
#12,053 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
977
Since 2016
293
Peak year
2024 #3,173
Best rank
#2,952 1933
Girls
Boys
peak 38/yr
Gershon first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,143 |
| 2024 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,173 |
| 2023 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,493 |
| 2022 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,357 |
| 2021 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,513 |
| 2020 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,151 |
| 2019 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,174 |
| 2018 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,489 |
| 2017 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,125 |
| 2016 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2015 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,195 |
| 2014 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,156 |
| 2013 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,975 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,291 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,717 |
| 2010 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2009 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,834 |
| 2008 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,745 |
| 2007 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,660 |
| 2006 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,551 |
| 2005 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,856 |
| 2004 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2003 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,605 |
| 2002 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,069 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,389 |
| 1999 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,865 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,213 |
| 1997 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,496 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,667 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,572 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,529 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,321 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,780 |
| 1991 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,861 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,228 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,107 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,958 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,579 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,716 |
| 1985 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,276 |
| 1984 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,770 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,048 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,069 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,243 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,933 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,722 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,531 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,011 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,529 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,198 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,613 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,856 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,197 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,469 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,805 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,391 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,704 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,534 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,019 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,773 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,518 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,969 |
| 1933 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,490 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,497 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,581 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,625 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,300 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,345 |