# Gerson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gerson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,323 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,323 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 94 | 1,620 |
| 2012 | 101 | 1,564 |
| 2013 | 86 | 1,717 |
| 2014 | 89 | 1,705 |
| 2015 | 77 | 1,900 |
| 2016 | 115 | 1,486 |
| 2017 | 114 | 1,482 |
| 2018 | 111 | 1,532 |
| 2019 | 95 | 1,683 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,542 |
| 2021 | 78 | 1,937 |
| 2022 | 94 | 1,763 |
| 2023 | 100 | 1,699 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,840 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,576 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Gerson

- Gerson Santos Putin, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
- Gerson Torres, Costa Rican footballer
- Gerson Vieira, Brazilian association football player
- Gerson Guimarães Junior, Brazilian association football player
- Gerson von Bleichröder, German banker (1822–1893)
- Gérson Magrão, Brazilian professional footballer
- Gerson Mayen, association football player
- Gerson Antonio Porto, Brazilian association football player
- Gerson Acevedo, Chilean football player
- Gérson da Silva, Brazilian footballer (1965-1994)
- Gérson Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
- Gerson Martínez, Chilean footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.