Jerson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HER-sohn
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Jerson is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “exile, stranger”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Jerson mean?
Hebrew: Latin American spelling of Gerson (Gershon)
“exile, stranger”
Latin American spelling of Gerson, a form of the biblical Gershon, eldest son of Levi.
Is Jerson a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jerson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Jerson, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Jerson in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were given Jerson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,281, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
- Gerson 108
- Jerson 21
Jerson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 75 | #1,916 |
| 2007 | 75 | #1,890 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Jerson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jackson, Johan, Jordan, Jonah, Hudson, Easton, Judah, Jaylen, Mason, Jacob, Ashton, Noah
Other spellings of Jerson
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, 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, “Jerson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jerson, updated 20 October 2026.