Gerson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2008 and remains in steady use.
Gerson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,576 for boy births in the United States (and #3,366 across all names), given to 108 babies. Gerson was first reported in SSA data in 1909 and peaked in 2008 (145 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | 108 | #1,576 |
| 2024 | 88 | 88 | #1,840 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | #1,699 |
| 2022 | 94 | 94 | #1,763 |
| 2021 | 78 | 78 | #1,937 |
| 2020 | 107 | 107 | #1,542 |
| 2019 | 95 | 95 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 111 | 111 | #1,532 |
| 2017 | 114 | 114 | #1,482 |
| 2016 | 115 | 115 | #1,486 |
| 2015 | 77 | 77 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 89 | 89 | #1,705 |
| 2013 | 86 | 86 | #1,717 |
| 2012 | 101 | 101 | #1,564 |
| 2011 | 94 | 94 | #1,620 |
| 2010 | 114 | 114 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 117 | 117 | #1,437 |
| 2008 | 145 | 145 | #1,213 |
| 2007 | 137 | 137 | #1,280 |
| 2006 | 137 | 137 | #1,225 |
| 2005 | 143 | 143 | #1,137 |
| 2004 | 120 | 120 | #1,260 |
| 2003 | 115 | 115 | #1,257 |
| 2002 | 101 | 101 | #1,320 |
| 2001 | 112 | 112 | #1,205 |
| 2000 | 95 | 104 | #1,343 |
| 1999 | 89 | 96 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 85 | 85 | #1,375 |
| 1997 | 75 | — | #1,443 |
| 1996 | 82 | — | #1,324 |
| 1995 | 63 | — | #1,517 |
| 1994 | 74 | — | #1,354 |
| 1993 | 66 | — | #1,436 |
| 1992 | 67 | — | #1,386 |
| 1991 | 58 | — | #1,512 |
| 1990 | 52 | — | #1,597 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | #1,773 |
| 1988 | 38 | — | #1,797 |
| 1987 | 29 | — | #2,082 |
| 1986 | 26 | — | #2,183 |
| 1985 | 30 | — | #1,934 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | #2,256 |
| 1983 | 24 | — | #2,166 |
| 1982 | 25 | — | #2,135 |
| 1981 | 23 | — | #2,229 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | #2,654 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | #2,941 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #3,968 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #2,491 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #3,826 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #4,075 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #3,408 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #3,437 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #2,873 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #2,780 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #2,633 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #3,343 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,116 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #3,123 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,152 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,271 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,133 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #4,067 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,030 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #2,756 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #3,897 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #2,967 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,127 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,249 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,732 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,043 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,730 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #3,251 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,103 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | #2,352 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #3,862 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #3,885 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,433 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,522 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,735 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,410 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | #2,496 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #2,088 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #1,981 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #2,996 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,353 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,162 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,268 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,686 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | #2,187 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | #2,514 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #2,419 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,313 |
| 1917 | 16 | — | #1,930 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,798 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | #2,365 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,052 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,158 |
| 1912 | 15 | — | #1,237 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,841 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,547 |