Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gerson

#1,917 most common boys' name of all time · #4,630 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among boys
#1,917
Rank overall
#4,630 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
4,323
Since 2016
1,010
Peak year
2008 #1,214
Best rank
#1,137 2005
Girls Boys peak 145/yr
192019401960198020002020

Gerson first appears in 1909. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 108 108 #1,574
2024 — 88 88 #1,838
2023 — 100 100 #1,695
2022 — 94 94 #1,764
2021 — 78 78 #1,933
2020 — 107 107 #1,543
2019 — 95 95 #1,681
2018 — 111 111 #1,531
2017 — 114 114 #1,480
2016 — 115 115 #1,488
2015 — 77 77 #1,897
2014 — 89 89 #1,704
2013 — 86 86 #1,713
2012 — 101 101 #1,564
2011 — 94 94 #1,625
2010 — 114 114 #1,449
2009 — 117 117 #1,436
2008 — 145 145 #1,214
2007 — 137 137 #1,278
2006 — 137 137 #1,226
2005 — 143 143 #1,137
2004 — 120 120 #1,256
2003 — 115 115 #1,255
2002 — 101 101 #1,318
2001 — 112 112 #1,204
2000 — 95 95 #1,343
1999 — 89 89 #1,344
1998 — 85 85 #1,374
1997 — 75 75 #1,441
1996 — 82 82 #1,322
1995 — 63 63 #1,513
1994 — 74 74 #1,353
1993 — 66 66 #1,433
1992 — 67 67 #1,385
1991 — 58 58 #1,511
1990 — 52 52 #1,595
1989 — 43 43 #1,774
1988 — 38 38 #1,798
1987 — 29 29 #2,072
1986 — 26 26 #2,175
1985 — 30 30 #1,931
1984 — 23 23 #2,253
1983 — 24 24 #2,163
1982 — 25 25 #2,127
1981 — 23 23 #2,225
1980 — 18 18 #2,642
1979 — 15 15 #2,927
1978 — 9 9 #3,911
1977 — 18 18 #2,491
1976 — 9 9 #3,800
1975 — 8 8 #4,010
1974 — 10 10 #3,393
1972 — 9 9 #3,417
1971 — 12 12 #2,866
1970 — 12 12 #2,788
1968 — 11 11 #2,631
1966 — 7 7 #3,334
1965 — 5 5 #4,048
1964 — 8 8 #3,122
1963 — 8 8 #3,140
1962 — 5 5 #4,178
1958 — 8 8 #3,114
1955 — 5 5 #4,024
1954 — 5 5 #3,960
1952 — 9 9 #2,760
1949 — 5 5 #3,831
1947 — 8 8 #2,966
1945 — 6 6 #3,122
1944 — 6 6 #3,232
1943 — 5 5 #3,675
1942 — 7 7 #3,051
1941 — 8 8 #2,762
1940 — 6 6 #3,250
1939 — 12 12 #2,117
1938 — 8 8 #2,741
1936 — 10 10 #2,375
1935 — 5 5 #3,774
1934 — 5 5 #3,810
1933 — 10 10 #2,462
1932 — 10 10 #2,559
1931 — 9 9 #2,754
1930 — 7 7 #3,379
1929 — 11 11 #2,522
1928 — 15 15 #2,127
1927 — 17 17 #2,015
1926 — 9 9 #2,996
1925 — 13 13 #2,376
1924 — 15 15 #2,192
1923 — 14 14 #2,290
1922 — 11 11 #2,725
1921 — 15 15 #2,220
1920 — 12 12 #2,521
1919 — 12 12 #2,453
1918 — 13 13 #2,342
1917 — 16 16 #1,960
1916 — 17 17 #1,833
1915 — 11 11 #2,393
1914 — 6 6 #3,037
1913 — 8 8 #2,198
1912 — 15 15 #1,266
1911 — 5 5 #1,917
1909 — 5 5 #1,662