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.
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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 289,772 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 25.9% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,778Zora7
- #8,778Zuleyma7
- #8,778Zuly7
- #9,825Pierre6
- #9,825Abbigayle6
- #9,825Abibail6
- #9,825Abiola6
- #11,325Aarica5
- #11,325Abbigale5
- #11,325Abel5
Tied with 1,499 names at #9,825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,955 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 95.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.