Given name & surname
Gerson
Gerson is a surname. It is used in English and Spanish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,323
- 4,323 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 145 babies
- 2025
- 108
- #1,576 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 108 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,576 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 145 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,189 as a first name in 2020; 2,488 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gerson’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Gerson has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gershom.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gerson
- Gerson RodriguesLuxembourgian association football playerborn 1995
- GersonBrazilian footballer Of Vasco Da Gamaborn 1997
- Gerson TorresCosta Rican footballerborn 1997
- Gerson VieiraBrazilian association football playerborn 1992
- GersonBrazilian association football playerborn 1992
- Gerson von BleichröderGerman banker (1822–1893)
- Gerson GoldhaberParticle Physicist and astrophysicist (1924-2010)
- Gerson AcevedoChilean football playerborn 1988
- Gerson Antonio PortoBrazilian association football playerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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