Pierce
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #505 for boys in 2025, 598 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,245since 1880
Pierce over time
Rank among boys' names. Pierce has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 | #505 | 598 |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | #538 | 554 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #546 | 537 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | #571 | 518 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | #503 | 585 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #502 | 580 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #489 | 590 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #490 | 588 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #523 | 547 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #473 | 647 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | #465 | 648 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #469 | 621 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #462 | 608 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #479 | 570 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #473 | 565 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #475 | 547 |
| 2009 | — | #475 | 575 | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #506 | 538 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #487 | 544 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #553 | 454 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #495 | 502 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #512 | 478 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #484 | 512 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #518 | 438 |
| 2001 | — | #541 | 399 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #498 | 458 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #576 | 338 |
| 1998 | — | #596 | 312 | |
| 1997 | — | #587 | 308 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #582 | 309 |
| 1995 | — | #713 | 223 | |
| 1994 | — | #698 | 222 | |
| 1993 | — | #716 | 208 | |
| 1992 | — | #727 | 202 | |
| 1991 | — | #891 | 140 | |
| 1990 | — | #881 | 136 | |
| 1989 | — | #830 | 144 | |
| 1988 | — | #809 | 137 | |
| 1987 | — | #939 | 101 | |
| 1986 | — | #971 | 89 | |
| 1985 | — | #877 | 107 | |
| 1984 | — | #960 | 85 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,239 | 55 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,723 | 20 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,371 | 33 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,792 | 20 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,467 | 29 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,255 | 36 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,186 | 40 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,242 | 35 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,289 | 31 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,013 | 47 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,045 | 43 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,378 | 23 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,018 | 41 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,120 | 37 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,156 | 33 | |
| 1939 | — | #976 | 42 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,149 | 32 | |
| 1937 | — | #906 | 47 | |
| 1936 | — | #882 | 48 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,165 | 32 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,266 | 28 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,110 | 37 | |
| 1931 | — | #922 | 49 | |
| 1930 | — | #892 | 55 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,078 | 41 | |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,001 | 49 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #900 | 56 | |
| 1924 | — | #778 | 75 | |
| 1923 | — | #941 | 53 | |
| 1922 | — | #871 | 62 | |
| 1921 | — | #856 | 65 | |
| 1920 | — | #911 | 57 | |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1917 | — | #839 | 58 | |
| 1916 | — | #824 | 57 | |
| 1915 | — | #893 | 48 | |
| 1914 | — | #855 | 40 | |
| 1913 | — | #789 | 36 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #616 | 17 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #615 | 15 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #383 | 21 | |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Pierce was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Pierce
- 33 spots since 2024 (#538 → #505)
- 3 spots since 2020 (#502 → #505)
- 40 spots since 2015 (#465 → #505)
- Biggest jump: 559 spots in 1892 (#963 → #404)
- Biggest drop: 574 spots in 1891 (#389 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #383 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1925
- Highest: 1 in 2,856 boys born in 2025 were named Pierce (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #383 in 1886, was only 1 in 5,275 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.3% of all boys named Pierce (5,931) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #383 (1886) | #543 |
| 1890s | 127 | #389 (1890) | #632 |
| 1900s | 133 | #556 (1902) | #681 |
| 1910s | 413 | #732 (1911) | #851 |
| 1920s | 560 | #778 (1924) | #926 |
| 1930s | 409 | #882 (1936) | #1,030 |
| 1940s | 373 | #1,013 (1949) | #1,129 |
| 1950s | 306 | #1,186 (1954) | #1,397 |
| 1960s | 234 | #1,371 (1964) | #1,684 |
| 1970s | 179 | #1,817 (1973) | #2,383 |
| 1980s | 779 | #809 (1988) | #1,403 |
| 1990s | 2,398 | #576 (1999) | #697 |
| 2000s | 4,898 | #475 (2009) | #507 |
| 2010s | 5,931 | #462 (2013) | #480 |
| 2020s | 3,372 | #502 (2020) | #528 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pierce in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 125,790 of them was named Pierce, which outranked 58.0% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,804Zen15
- #7,804Zephaniah15
- #7,804Zoii15
- #8,208Pierce14
- #8,208Aaliyha14
- #8,208Aamirah14
- #8,208Adeliz14
- #8,632Aalaya13
- #8,632Aamilah13
- #8,632Aamina13
Tied with 423 names at #8,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 3,328 of them was named Pierce, which outranked 96.6% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.