Gerardo vs Gershon
American parents have registered 55,254 Gerardos since 1880, against 977 Gershons. Gerardo is still ahead, with 401 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gerardo Gershon
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Gerardo has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1906 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1918, when Gerardo had 12 and Gershon had 7.
Side by side
| Gerardo | Gershon | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 55,254 | 977 |
| Most in one year | 1,713 | 38 |
| Babies in 2025 | 401 | 38 |
| Estimated living today | 52,000 | 890 |
| Median age today | 27 | 17 |
| Peak year | 2000 | 2024 |
| Best rank | 211th boys | 3,161st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 678th | 3,128th |
| First recorded | 1906 | 1915 |
| Girls / boys | 239 / 55,015 | 0 / 977 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Gerardos alive today are over 27; half the Gershons are over 17. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Gerardo Texas (4.1×), California (3.8×), Arizona (3.4×)
- Gershon New Jersey (12.3×), New York (8.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Gerardo and Gershon.