Pearse — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pearse

The Social Security Administration has registered 204 babies named Pearse between 1988 and 2023, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pearse currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pearse performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Pearse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pearse in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pearse in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 204 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.