Gershom
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Gershom is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Gershom mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gershom a girl's or a boy's name?
Gershom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gershom in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Gershom, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Gershom in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gershom in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Gershom
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gianni Noah Axel Levi Abram Gael Isaac Eli Caleb Asher Zion Jonah
Names related to Gershom
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gershom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gershom, updated 20 October 2026.