Gerson
Boy · HER-sohn · Hebrew
Gerson is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “stranger there; exile”. In 2025 it ranked 1,571st for boys in the US (108 babies).
What does Gerson mean?
Hebrew: form of Gershon or Gershom
“stranger there; exile”
In the Bible Gershon is a son of Levi, and Gershom is a son of Moses.
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Is Gerson a girl's or a boy's name?
Gerson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 108 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gerson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,571among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were named Gerson, making it the 1,571st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,539th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 145 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had more boys named Gerson than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Gerson in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were given Gerson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,281, up from #1,571 for this spelling alone.
- Gerson 108
- Jerson 21
Gerson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,571 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,833 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,694 |
| 2022 | 94 | #1,760 |
| 2021 | 78 | #1,930 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,539 |
| 2019 | 95 | #1,678 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,530 |
| 2017 | 114 | #1,478 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,484 |
| 2015 | 77 | #1,895 |
| 2014 | 89 | #1,701 |
| 2013 | 86 | #1,708 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,562 |
| 2011 | 94 | #1,620 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,447 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,433 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,211 |
| 2007 | 137 | #1,277 |
| 2006 | 137 | #1,224 |
| 2005 | 143 | #1,136 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,249 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,252 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 112 | #1,201 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,338 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,339 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,369 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,435 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,319 |
| 1995 | 63 | #1,503 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1993 | 66 | #1,426 |
| 1992 | 67 | #1,377 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,496 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
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