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How popular is “Gershon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gershon” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gershon” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gershon” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gershon” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gershon” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gershon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gershon” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 19 0.000005144 19 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 20 0.00000535 20 -100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 -100%
2004 17 0.000004449 17 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 25 0.000006765 25 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2013 25 0.000006857 25 -100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 -100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 -100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 -100%
2017 25 0.000006991 25 -100%
2018 22 0.000006257 22 -100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 -100%
2020 24 0.000007184 24 -100%
2021 32 0.000009445 32 -100%
2022 35 0.000010345 35 -100%
2023 32 0.000009664 32 -100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 -100%

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