Pierson
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #1,451 for boys in 2025, 123 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 172 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,522since 1912
Pierson over time
Rank among boys' names. Pierson has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #1,451 | 123 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,459 | 124 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #1,498 | 119 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #1,468 | 123 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #1,245 | 153 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #1,134 | 172 |
| 2019 | — | #1,277 | 146 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #1,141 | 168 |
| 2017 | — | #1,365 | 130 | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #1,275 | 143 |
| 2015 | — | #1,317 | 134 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,296 | 137 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #1,387 | 121 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,299 | 133 |
| 2011 | — | #1,385 | 120 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,415 | 117 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,425 | 118 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,543 | 104 |
| 2007 | — | #1,365 | 122 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,575 | 93 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,390 | 107 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,491 | 90 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,800 | 66 |
| 2002 | — | #1,514 | 82 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,841 | 60 |
| 2000 | — | #2,049 | 49 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,710 | 61 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,679 | 28 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,766 | 26 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Pierson! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Pierson is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#486 · 1 in 2,590
- North Carolina#706 · 1 in 4,449
- Ohio#784 · 1 in 5,449
- Pennsylvania#807 · 1 in 5,999
- Virginia#815 · 1 in 5,523
Best ever in a state: #457 in South Carolina, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #486 | 11 | 1 in 2,590 |
| North Carolina | #706 | 11 | 1 in 4,449 |
| Ohio | #784 | 10 | 1 in 5,449 |
| Pennsylvania | #807 | 9 | 1 in 5,999 |
| Virginia | #815 | 7 | 1 in 5,523 |
| Indiana | #816 | 6 | 1 in 5,411 |
| Georgia | #867 | 9 | 1 in 5,586 |
| Illinois | #944 | 8 | 1 in 6,831 |
| Tennessee | #964 | 5 | 1 in 6,815 |
| Texas | #1,064 | 19 | 1 in 8,908 |
| Michigan | #1,087 | 5 | 1 in 8,543 |
| Florida | #1,257 | 8 | 1 in 11,276 |
| New York | #1,282 | 8 | 1 in 10,956 |
| California | #1,601 | 10 | 1 in 18,962 |
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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 Pierson
- 8 spots since 2024 (#1,459 → #1,451)
- 317 spots since 2020 (#1,134 → #1,451)
- 134 spots since 2015 (#1,317 → #1,451)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2020 at #1,134 (172 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,035 boys born in 2020 were named Pierson (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,887 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 38.3% of all boys named Pierson (1,349) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,045 (1912) | #2,630 |
| 1920s | 28 | #3,385 (1926) | #4,014 |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,175 (1937) | #3,491 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,668 (1948) | #3,668 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,535 (1956) | #3,535 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,646 (1963) | #3,646 |
| 1970s | 10 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,680 |
| 1980s | 88 | #2,902 (1989) | #4,330 |
| 1990s | 269 | #1,710 (1999) | #3,015 |
| 2000s | 891 | #1,365 (2007) | #1,599 |
| 2010s | 1,349 | #1,141 (2018) | #1,316 |
| 2020s | 814 | #1,134 (2020) | #1,376 |
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.
Pierson in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 269,425 of them was named Pierson, which outranked 23.2% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,142Zura7
- #12,142Zurina7
- #12,142Zurisadai7
- #13,453Pierson6
- #13,453Aadhyasri6
- #13,453Aala6
- #13,453Aaleigha6
- #15,088Aabha5
- #15,088Aafia5
- #15,088Aahlani5
Tied with 1,634 names at #13,453; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 10,035 of them was named Pierson, which outranked 91.9% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,130Immanuel173
- #1,130Terrell173
- #1,130Terrence173
- #1,134Pierson172
- #1,134Eason172
- #1,134Joan172
- #1,134Macklin172
- #1,142Eleazar171
- #1,142Link171
- #1,144Benny170
Tied with 7 names at #1,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.