Pierre

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #10,193 · #1,252 for boys in 2025, 159 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1986 · 470 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
19,069
since 1880

Pierre over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pierre has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #389, 1986boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,252159
2024—#1,243159
2023—#1,167177
2022—#1,156178
2021—#1,081196
2020—#1,111177
2019—#1,085184
2018—#1,045194
2017—#1,186157
2016—#1,124173
2015—#1,124170
2014—#1,008203
2013—#974205
2012—#1,017192
2011—#987198
2010—#949211
2009—#1,020191
2008—#979203
2007—#1,005192
2006—#997185
2005—#1,035162
2004—#1,067150
2003—#933176
2002—#945170
2001—#968159
2000—#924166
1999—#926158
1998—#801191
1997—#799183
1996—#849164
1995—#844163
1994—#736204
1993—#651250
1992—#599295
1991—#525366
1990#10,1937#492387
1989—#457423
1988#9,2447#414475
1987#9,8256#401472
1986#7,1349#389470
1985#5,67812#404447
1984#10,4225#405410
1983#9,0156#404408
1982—#453357
1981#8,1287#486298
1980—#505282
1979—#562234
1978—#651166
1977—#629179
1976—#696142
1975#9,0675#669152
1974—#595180
1973—#723124
1972—#651151
1971—#628174
1970—#573198
1969—#573188
1968—#552188
1967—#513215
1966—#526210
1965—#501231
1964—#521224
1963—#518238
1962—#576185
1961#6,5675#514240
1960—#512241
1959—#525225
1958—#533208
1957—#559190
1956—#598162
1955#5,8285#590155
1954—#569167
1953—#634127
1952—#677105
1951—#693102
1950—#645116
1949—#71991
1948—#73783
1947—#685102
1946—#70485
1945—#76764
1944—#66786
1943—#82464
1942—#82162
1941—#73970
1940—#83057
1939—#76363
1938—#74967
1937—#77163
1936—#75664
1935—#75766
1934—#88850
1933—#81258
1932—#82160
1931—#77565
1930—#85559
1929—#87857
1928—#91354
1927—#85862
1926—#1,06443
1925—#91654
1924—#88661
1923—#1,04146
1922—#97752
1921—#91359
1920—#79271
1919—#93851
1918—#94949
1917—#94646
1916—#1,02839
1915—#94144
1914—#87039
1913—#1,11221
1912—#97022
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,1938
1909—#84012
1908—#87710
1907—#86610
1906—#9278
1905——
1904—#8109
1903—#73410
1902—#68711
1901—#63711
1900—#78511
1899—#58312
1898—#1,0026
1897—#45918
1896—#8268
1895—#8727
1894—#7309
1893—#7688
1892—#57213
1891—#6359
1890—#8846
1889—#62810
1888—#64810
1887—#6319
1886—#60510
1885—#6419
1884—#57011
1883—#49713
1882—#54012
1881—#53311
1880—#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Pierre was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Pierre is popular in 1945

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMINew York: #423 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 10,366 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #554 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,609 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #342 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,196 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Pierre, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#342 · 1 in 3,196
  2. New York#423 · 1 in 10,366
  3. California#554 · 1 in 12,609

Best ever in a state: #79 in Vermont, 1956.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#34281 in 3,196
New York#423111 in 10,366
California#55471 in 12,609
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Pierre
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#1,243 → #1,252)
  • 141 spots since 2020 (#1,111 → #1,252)
  • 128 spots since 2015 (#1,124 → #1,252)
  • Biggest jump: 419 spots in 1899 (#1,002 → #583)
  • Biggest drop: 543 spots in 1898 (#459 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1986 at #389 (470 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 121 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1927–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,918
  • Highest: 1 in 3,918 boys born in 1986 were named Pierre (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,743 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 21.2% of all boys named Pierre (4,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s108#497 (1883)#580
1890s96#459 (1897)#733
1900s92#637 (1901)#796
1910s328#870 (1914)#1,014
1920s559#792 (1920)#924
1930s615#749 (1938)#795
1940s764#667 (1944)#749
1950s1,557#525 (1959)#602
1960s2,160#501 (1965)#531
1970s1,700#562 (1979)#638
1980s4,042#389 (1986)#432
1990s2,361#492 (1990)#722
2000s1,754#924 (2000)#987
2010s1,887#949 (2010)#1,050
2020s1,046#1,081 (2021)#1,168

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.

Pierre in 1945

boys
#767
64 births · 1 in 21,029 boys

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #767Pierre64
More about 1945

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 21,029 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 79.7% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pierre
  1. #761Harland65
  2. #761Leeroy65
  3. #761Nickolas65
  4. #767Pierre64
  5. #767Douglass64
  6. #767Gregorio64
  7. #767Huey64
  8. #775Butch63
  9. #775Cameron63
  10. #775Darold63

Tied with 7 names at #767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1945 →