Pershing

Boy · recorded 1915–1964

  • 1964last recorded
  • 1918best year

Most popular in 1918.

Last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 20 recorded years as a table
Pershing, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191512
191757
1918291
1919105
192026
192113
19226
19237
19244
19266
19408
19425
19435
19445
19454
19464
19475
19493
19503
19643

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pershing isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1964
6
Rank in 1964
#3,601
How rare
1 in 332,116 boys
Since 1915
599

Pershing was last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1918, at 291 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Pershing doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.