How Many People Are Named Gershon?
people named Gershon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 386,197 people in the US has this name
Based on 977 babies named Gershon in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
38 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of GERSHOM. This is the name of a son of Levi in the Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gershon in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gershon alive today is about 21 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gershon first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2024, to 38 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gershon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,826, in 1933. In 2025 it ranked #3,149.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,149 |
| Best rank | #2,826 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,426 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gershon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gershon were born in New York than in any other state: about 320 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gershon was given 13 times as often in New Jersey and 10.5 times in New York.
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