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
- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 470 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 19,069since 1880
Pierre over time
Rank among boys' names. Pierre 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 | — | #1,252 | 159 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,243 | 159 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,167 | 177 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,156 | 178 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,081 | 196 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,111 | 177 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,085 | 184 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,045 | 194 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,186 | 157 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,124 | 173 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,124 | 170 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,008 | 203 | |
| 2013 | — | #974 | 205 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,017 | 192 | |
| 2011 | — | #987 | 198 | |
| 2010 | — | #949 | 211 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,020 | 191 | |
| 2008 | — | #979 | 203 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,005 | 192 | |
| 2006 | — | #997 | 185 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,035 | 162 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,067 | 150 | |
| 2003 | — | #933 | 176 | |
| 2002 | — | #945 | 170 | |
| 2001 | — | #968 | 159 | |
| 2000 | — | #924 | 166 | |
| 1999 | — | #926 | 158 | |
| 1998 | — | #801 | 191 | |
| 1997 | — | #799 | 183 | |
| 1996 | — | #849 | 164 | |
| 1995 | — | #844 | 163 | |
| 1994 | — | #736 | 204 | |
| 1993 | — | #651 | 250 | |
| 1992 | — | #599 | 295 | |
| 1991 | — | #525 | 366 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #492 | 387 |
| 1989 | — | #457 | 423 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #414 | 475 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #401 | 472 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #389 | 470 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #404 | 447 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #405 | 410 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #404 | 408 |
| 1982 | — | #453 | 357 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #486 | 298 |
| 1980 | — | #505 | 282 | |
| 1979 | — | #562 | 234 | |
| 1978 | — | #651 | 166 | |
| 1977 | — | #629 | 179 | |
| 1976 | — | #696 | 142 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #669 | 152 |
| 1974 | — | #595 | 180 | |
| 1973 | — | #723 | 124 | |
| 1972 | — | #651 | 151 | |
| 1971 | — | #628 | 174 | |
| 1970 | — | #573 | 198 | |
| 1969 | — | #573 | 188 | |
| 1968 | — | #552 | 188 | |
| 1967 | — | #513 | 215 | |
| 1966 | — | #526 | 210 | |
| 1965 | — | #501 | 231 | |
| 1964 | — | #521 | 224 | |
| 1963 | — | #518 | 238 | |
| 1962 | — | #576 | 185 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #514 | 240 |
| 1960 | — | #512 | 241 | |
| 1959 | — | #525 | 225 | |
| 1958 | — | #533 | 208 | |
| 1957 | — | #559 | 190 | |
| 1956 | — | #598 | 162 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #590 | 155 |
| 1954 | — | #569 | 167 | |
| 1953 | — | #634 | 127 | |
| 1952 | — | #677 | 105 | |
| 1951 | — | #693 | 102 | |
| 1950 | — | #645 | 116 | |
| 1949 | — | #719 | 91 | |
| 1948 | — | #737 | 83 | |
| 1947 | — | #685 | 102 | |
| 1946 | — | #704 | 85 | |
| 1945 | — | #767 | 64 | |
| 1944 | — | #667 | 86 | |
| 1943 | — | #824 | 64 | |
| 1942 | — | #821 | 62 | |
| 1941 | — | #739 | 70 | |
| 1940 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1939 | — | #763 | 63 | |
| 1938 | — | #749 | 67 | |
| 1937 | — | #771 | 63 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | — | #757 | 66 | |
| 1934 | — | #888 | 50 | |
| 1933 | — | #812 | 58 | |
| 1932 | — | #821 | 60 | |
| 1931 | — | #775 | 65 | |
| 1930 | — | #855 | 59 | |
| 1929 | — | #878 | 57 | |
| 1928 | — | #913 | 54 | |
| 1927 | — | #858 | 62 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1924 | — | #886 | 61 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,041 | 46 | |
| 1922 | — | #977 | 52 | |
| 1921 | — | #913 | 59 | |
| 1920 | — | #792 | 71 | |
| 1919 | — | #938 | 51 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #946 | 46 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1915 | — | #941 | 44 | |
| 1914 | — | #870 | 39 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #459 | 18 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
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 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#122 · 1 in 582
- Illinois#153 · 1 in 1,036
- Mississippi#252 · 1 in 1,622
- South Carolina#295 · 1 in 2,287
- New York#295 · 1 in 2,540
Best ever in a state: #79 in Vermont, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #122 | 13 | 1 in 582 |
| Illinois | #153 | 79 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Mississippi | #252 | 11 | 1 in 1,622 |
| New York | #295 | 46 | 1 in 2,540 |
| South Carolina | #295 | 9 | 1 in 2,287 |
| Maryland | #303 | 8 | 1 in 3,339 |
| Tennessee | #327 | 9 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Connecticut | #328 | 5 | 1 in 3,831 |
| Louisiana | #334 | 15 | 1 in 2,392 |
| North Carolina | #340 | 11 | 1 in 3,554 |
| Georgia | #344 | 13 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Ohio | #349 | 16 | 1 in 4,783 |
| Virginia | #349 | 9 | 1 in 3,993 |
| New Jersey | #383 | 10 | 1 in 4,434 |
| Massachusetts | #387 | 5 | 1 in 7,476 |
| Michigan | #402 | 11 | 1 in 5,791 |
| Wisconsin | #417 | 5 | 1 in 6,803 |
| Indiana | #419 | 6 | 1 in 6,301 |
| California | #437 | 45 | 1 in 4,719 |
| Florida | #447 | 15 | 1 in 4,747 |
| Pennsylvania | #498 | 8 | 1 in 9,470 |
| Texas | #560 | 22 | 1 in 6,491 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1986 at #389 (470 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1927–2003
- 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%)
- 21.2% of all boys named Pierre (4,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | #497 (1883) | #580 |
| 1890s | 96 | #459 (1897) | #733 |
| 1900s | 92 | #637 (1901) | #796 |
| 1910s | 328 | #870 (1914) | #1,014 |
| 1920s | 559 | #792 (1920) | #924 |
| 1930s | 615 | #749 (1938) | #795 |
| 1940s | 764 | #667 (1944) | #749 |
| 1950s | 1,557 | #525 (1959) | #602 |
| 1960s | 2,160 | #501 (1965) | #531 |
| 1970s | 1,700 | #562 (1979) | #638 |
| 1980s | 4,042 | #389 (1986) | #432 |
| 1990s | 2,361 | #492 (1990) | #722 |
| 2000s | 1,754 | #924 (2000) | #987 |
| 2010s | 1,887 | #949 (2010) | #1,050 |
| 2020s | 1,046 | #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 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 336,763 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 14.4% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,759 names at #10,422; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 4,402 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 94.5% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).