Pershing is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Pershing is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1964. Pershing first appears in 1915 and peaked in 1918 (295 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,925 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #3,595 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,611 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #2,626 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #3,439 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,236 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,053 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,168 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,142 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | #2,628 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,627 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #4,812 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,393 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,202 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | #2,351 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | #1,411 |
| 1919 | 103 | — | #595 |
| 1918 | 295 | — | #334 |
| 1917 | 53 | — | #882 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,577 |