Gerson
Gerson is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Gerson
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gerson is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Gerson
Gerson first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1909, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 145 births, good for #1,211 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Gersons. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #1,836 among baby boy names with 89 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 4K Gersons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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About the name Gerson
Gerson is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1909 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Gerson's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #1,137. Use the chart and map above to compare Gerson's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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