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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #389, 1986boys
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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—#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.

Where Pierre is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1898

boys
#1,002
6 births · 1 in 20,448 boys

Top boys' names in 1898

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
  11. #1,002Pierre6
More about 1898

boys

122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 20,448 of them was named Pierre, which outranked 22.3% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pierre
  1. #885Winnie7
  2. #885Young7
  3. #885Zeb7
  4. #1,002Pierre6
  5. #1,002Alberto6
  6. #1,002Alpha6
  7. #1,002Amon6
  8. #1,121Ada5
  9. #1,121Agustin5
  10. #1,121Alejandro5

Tied with 118 names at #1,002; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 578Fitzhugh#942 → #364
  2. ↑ 534Carson#1,057 → #523
  3. ↑ 490Enos#942 → #452
  4. ↑ 484Annie#1,057 → #573
  5. ↑ 484Ernst#1,057 → #573
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Fate#438 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 648Ashley#473 → #1,121
  3. ↓ 626Ludwig#495 → #1,121
  4. ↓ 543Pierre#459 → #1,002
  5. ↓ 537Harve#584 → #1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →