Pierce

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #505 for boys in 2025, 598 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#383
1886 · 21 births
Debut · boys
1880
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,245
since 1880

Pierce over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #383, 1886boys
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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#5,91720#505598
2024#4,66929#538554
2023#5,54922#546537
2022#4,37832#571518
2021#5,95520#503585
2020#5,16824#502580
2019#5,61222#489590
2018#6,24819#490588
2017#7,44215#523547
2016#7,98814#473647
2015#6,23620#465648
2014#9,51711#469621
2013#7,74815#462608
2012#8,20814#479570
2011#10,37410#473565
2010#9,23112#475547
2009—#475575
2008#9,47612#506538
2007#11,6309#487544
2006#9,90111#553454
2005#11,8348#495502
2004#11,6248#512478
2003#11,3258#484512
2002#12,1877#518438
2001—#541399
2000#9,16310#498458
1999#8,80510#576338
1998—#596312
1997—#587308
1996#10,5677#582309
1995—#713223
1994—#698222
1993—#716208
1992—#727202
1991—#891140
1990—#881136
1989—#830144
1988—#809137
1987—#939101
1986—#97189
1985—#877107
1984—#96085
1983—#1,23955
1982—#1,99927
1981—#2,68017
1980—#2,72917
1979—#2,56818
1978—#2,06823
1977—#2,55617
1976—#2,50817
1975—#3,24611
1974—#2,27718
1973—#1,81724
1972—#2,53414
1971—#2,12619
1970—#2,12518
1969—#2,04617
1968—#1,65023
1967—#1,97416
1966—#1,72320
1965—#1,80619
1964—#1,37133
1963—#1,79220
1962—#1,58825
1961—#1,40632
1960—#1,48629
1959—#1,46729
1958—#1,76620
1957—#1,36433
1956—#1,41830
1955—#1,25536
1954—#1,18640
1953—#1,55124
1952—#1,43028
1951—#1,24235
1950—#1,28931
1949—#1,01347
1948—#1,10741
1947—#1,19037
1946—#1,04543
1945—#1,37823
1944—#1,01841
1943—#1,12037
1942—#1,21433
1941—#1,05138
1940—#1,15633
1939—#97642
1938—#1,14932
1937—#90647
1936—#88248
1935—#1,16532
1934—#1,26628
1933—#1,02839
1932—#1,11037
1931—#92249
1930—#89255
1929—#1,07841
1928—#86259
1927—#1,00149
1926—#1,06443
1925—#90056
1924—#77875
1923—#94153
1922—#87162
1921—#85665
1920—#91157
1919—#83961
1918—#86958
1917—#83958
1916—#82457
1915—#89348
1914—#85540
1913—#78936
1912—#89225
1911—#73219
1910—#98111
1909—#80413
1908—#71214
1907—#61617
1906—#75211
1905—#61515
1904—#8748
1903—#59514
1902—#55615
1901—#63711
1900—#64915
1899—#7868
1898—#61113
1897—#58413
1896—#72210
1895—#55614
1894—#7309
1893—#57212
1892—#40422
1891—#9635
1890—#38921
1889—#58111
1888—#52814
1887—#43815
1886—#38321
1885—#48015
1884—#48815
1883—#8925
1882—#48914
1881—#7067
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Pierce was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Pierce is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #439 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 10,608 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #387 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,244 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedALGeorgia: #414 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,578 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Pierce, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#387 · 1 in 4,244
  2. Georgia#414 · 1 in 4,578
  3. Pennsylvania#439 · 1 in 10,608

Best ever in a state: #179 in Alaska, 2019.

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South Carolina#38751 in 4,244
Georgia#41471 in 4,578
Pennsylvania#43981 in 10,608
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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 Pierce
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 33 spots since 2024 (#538 → #505)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#502 → #505)
  • 40 spots since 2015 (#465 → #505)
  • Biggest jump: 559 spots in 1892 (#963 → #404)
  • Biggest drop: 574 spots in 1891 (#389 → #963)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #383 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1925
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,856
  • Highest: 1 in 2,856 boys born in 2025 were named Pierce (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #383 in 1886, was only 1 in 5,275 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.3% of all boys named Pierce (5,931) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s133#383 (1886)#543
1890s127#389 (1890)#632
1900s133#556 (1902)#681
1910s413#732 (1911)#851
1920s560#778 (1924)#926
1930s409#882 (1936)#1,030
1940s373#1,013 (1949)#1,129
1950s306#1,186 (1954)#1,397
1960s234#1,371 (1964)#1,684
1970s179#1,817 (1973)#2,383
1980s779#809 (1988)#1,403
1990s2,398#576 (1999)#697
2000s4,898#475 (2009)#507
2010s5,931#462 (2013)#480
2020s3,372#502 (2020)#528

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.

Pierce in 1920

boys
#911
57 births · 1 in 18,673 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #911Pierce57
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 18,673 of them was named Pierce, which outranked 81.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pierce
  1. #903Reinhold58
  2. #903Tracy58
  3. #903Wellington58
  4. #911Pierce57
  5. #911Allison57
  6. #911Ardell57
  7. #911Artis57
  8. #923Durwood56
  9. #923Finis56
  10. #923Gardner56

Tied with 11 names at #911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →