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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #389, 1986boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

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 1985

girls
#5,678
12 births · 1 in 143,402 girls
boys
#404
447 births · 1 in 4,135 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #5,678Pierre12

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #404Pierre447
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 143,402 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 54.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pierre
  1. #5,348Yentl13
  2. #5,348Zelda13
  3. #5,348Zully13
  4. #5,678Pierre12
  5. #5,678Aaisha12
  6. #5,678Addison12
  7. #5,678Aimie12
  8. #6,031Aaryn11
  9. #6,031Adella11
  10. #6,031Adi11

Tied with 352 names at #5,678; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 4,135 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 94.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pierre
  1. #401Derick449
  2. #402Jarred448
  3. #402Lloyd448
  4. #404Pierre447
  5. #404Jamar447
  6. #404Leo447
  7. #407Noel445
  8. #408Rick444
  9. #409Guillermo432

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985