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How popular is “Gerson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gerson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gerson” 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 “Gerson” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gerson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gerson” 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
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 25 0.000007127 25 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 -100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 -100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 -100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 -100%
1988 38 0.000010284 38 -100%
1989 43 0.000011185 43 -100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 -100%
1991 58 0.00001489 58 -100%
1992 67 0.000017442 67 -100%
1993 66 0.000017505 66 -100%
1994 74 0.000019905 74 -100%
1995 63 0.000017203 63 -100%
1996 82 0.000022483 82 -100%
1997 75 0.000020685 75 -100%
1998 85 0.000023109 85 -100%
1999 89 0.000024094 89 -100%
2000 95 0.000025133 95 -100%
2001 111 0.000029652 111 -100%
2002 101 0.000027018 101 -100%
2003 115 0.000030245 115 -100%
2004 120 0.000031406 120 -100%
2005 143 0.000037193 143 -100%
2006 137 0.000034629 137 -100%
2007 137 0.00003427 137 -100%
2008 145 0.000036889 145 -100%
2009 117 0.000030627 117 -100%
2010 114 0.000030846 114 -100%
2011 94 0.000025699 94 -100%
2012 101 0.000027615 101 -100%
2013 86 0.00002359 86 -100%
2014 89 0.000024013 89 -100%
2015 77 0.000020806 77 -100%
2016 115 0.000031346 115 -100%
2017 114 0.000031877 114 -100%
2018 111 0.000031571 111 -100%
2019 95 0.00002737 95 -100%
2020 107 0.00003203 107 -100%
2021 78 0.000023023 78 -100%
2022 94 0.000027785 94 -100%
2023 100 0.000030201 100 -100%
2024 88 0.000026438 88 -100%

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