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Gershom

#12,662 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly exile

Gershom has been given to 212 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #12,662 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Gershom, 2025

1 in 663,000

Gershom over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gershom: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly exile

Hebrew

What Gershom means

Gershom may mean “exile”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gershom is used in Biblical and Biblical Hebrew.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɜɹ.ʃɑm/ and /ˈɡɜː.ʃɒm/ for Gershom.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם (gershóm, “Gershom”), found in Exodus.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Gershom (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Gershom is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Gershom comes through Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 212 boys were recorded with the name Gershom between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2006; its best national rank was #5,228 in 1991.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,019 in 2015 to #12,662 in 2025.

How common is Gershom?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,662
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gershom sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gershom. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gershoms were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gershom was born before 2004 — so the typical Gershom is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
25.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
212
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 25.5% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Gershom rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,278
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,643
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.7%
Peak was 2006 (12)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,228
1991

Spellings of Gershom

Gershom is not the most common spelling — Gerson is, with 78.4% against Gershom's 3.8%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gershom around the world

Where Gershom ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2022–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gershom by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,662
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,228
1991
Peak year
2006
12 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
212
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Gershom

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Gershom

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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