Gershon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GER-shon
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Gershon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “exile”. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Gershon mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“exile”
Gershon was the eldest son of Levi in the Bible and ancestor of the Gershonite Levites.
Is Gershon a girl's or a boy's name?
Gershon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gershon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 6 boys.
Gershon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
How popular is Gershon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Gershon, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Gershon in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gershon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Names like Gershon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Gershon
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Gershon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gershon, updated 20 October 2026.