Boys' name · since 1988
Pearse
Pearse has 214 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,541 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,900 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pearse currently ranks #7900 among boys' names in America, with 214 babies recorded since 1988.
Pearse has 214 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7900 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #12,541 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,900 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 214 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pearse ranks #12,541 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,900 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 214 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,541 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,900 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pearse's 214 recorded births place it above 72.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Pearse compares
214 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Pearse's all-time total is 42% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pearse | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 214 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Pearse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pearse splits its recorded history at 2007: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pearse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Pearse by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Pearse's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Pearse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (32% of all-time use).
Pearse by state
Where Pearse concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 214 births nationwide.
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What to do with Pearse's data
- Pearse's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Pearses (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pearse: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pearse draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.