Pier
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to girls 75.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 364since 1953
Pier over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
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| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
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| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
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| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
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| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
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| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #5,003 | 7 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
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| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
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| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,842 | 35 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five girls were named Pier! It came in at #3,480, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Pier is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Pier in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Pier
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1957 at #1,842 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 58,424
- Highest: 1 in 58,424 girls born in 1957 were named Pier (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,626 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 42.0% of all girls named Pier (153) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 153 | #1,842 (1957) | #2,678 |
| 1960s | 141 | #2,150 (1960) | #3,782 |
| 1970s | 31 | #4,534 (1971) | #6,965 |
| 1980s | 33 | #6,810 (1984) | #9,106 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,778 (1994) | #11,778 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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