Pierce
Pierce is ranked 540th among boys in 2024 (553 births). Its best rank was 394th, in 1886.
- Rank in 2024
- #540up 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5530.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2015648 births
- Best rank
- #394in 1886
- Since 1880
- 19,646people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,646 boys have been named Pierce in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 648 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 469 → 540).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 90 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Pierce | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | |
| 1890s | 127 | |
| 1900s | 133 | |
| 1910s | 413 | |
| 1920s | 560 | |
| 1930s | 409 | |
| 1940s | 373 | |
| 1950s | 306 | |
| 1960s | 234 | |
| 1970s | 179 | |
| 1980s | 779 | |
| 1990s | 2,398 | |
| 2000s | 4,898 | |
| 2010s | 5,931 | |
| 2020s | 2,773 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Pierce was the 466th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Pierce
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Isaacpeak 2007
- Julianpeak 2017
- Reedpeak 2014
- Owenpeak 2016
- Jonaspeak 2008
- Lazaruspeak 2021
- Abrampeak 2016
- Harrisonpeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.