Pierce
Pierce was given to 598 boys in 2025, #505 among boys’ names; 20,634 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,300 Americans named Pierce and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 8 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pierce by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Pierce mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Pierce is “a male given name from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Pierce?
#505 among boys’ names, 2025
Pierce fell from #466 in 2015 to #505 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.34 to 0.35 per 1,000.
668 babies in 2015, the peak
Pierce peaked in 2015, when 668 babies were given it (648 boys, #466 among boys’ names). The 618 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 93% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 598 | #505 | 0.35 |
| 2024 | 554 | #540 | 0.32 |
| 2023 | 537 | #547 | 0.31 |
| 2022 | 518 | #571 | 0.30 |
| 2021 | 585 | #503 | 0.33 |
| 2020 | 580 | #504 | 0.34 |
| 2019 | 590 | #490 | 0.33 |
| 2018 | 588 | #490 | 0.32 |
| 2017 | 547 | #523 | 0.30 |
| 2016 | 647 | #474 | 0.34 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 648 | #466 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 621 | #469 | 0.32 |
| 2013 | 608 | #462 | 0.32 |
| 2012 | 570 | #479 | 0.30 |
| 2011 | 565 | #473 | 0.30 |
| 2010 | 547 | #476 | 0.29 |
| 2009 | 575 | #475 | 0.29 |
| 2008 | 538 | #506 | 0.26 |
| 2007 | 544 | #487 | 0.26 |
| 2006 | 454 | #554 | 0.22 |
| 2005 | 502 | #496 | 0.25 |
| 2004 | 478 | #512 | 0.24 |
| 2003 | 512 | #484 | 0.26 |
| 2002 | 438 | #519 | 0.23 |
| 2001 | 399 | #542 | 0.21 |
| 2000 | 458 | #498 | 0.23 |
| 1999 | 338 | #576 | 0.18 |
| 1998 | 312 | #598 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 308 | #588 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 309 | #583 | 0.16 |
| 1995 | 223 | #712 | 0.12 |
| 1994 | 222 | #699 | 0.11 |
| 1993 | 208 | #717 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 202 | #725 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 140 | #888 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 136 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 144 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 137 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 101 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 89 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 107 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 85 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 27 | #2,043 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,751 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,809 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,650 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,113 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,631 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,579 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,382 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,338 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,631 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,188 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,191 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,679 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 16 | #2,012 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,745 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,846 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,380 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,825 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,614 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,427 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,514 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,492 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,825 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,382 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,435 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,267 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,195 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,577 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,450 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,255 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,309 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,021 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,122 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,206 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,054 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,401 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,033 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,137 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,226 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,065 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 42 | #988 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 47 | #920 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 48 | #890 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,187 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,121 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 49 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 55 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 59 | #868 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,009 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 56 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 75 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 53 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 62 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 65 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 57 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 61 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 58 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 58 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 57 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 48 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 40 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 36 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 25 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 19 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,028 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 13 | #830 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 14 | #738 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 17 | #629 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 11 | #794 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 15 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 8 | #943 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 14 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 15 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 11 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 15 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 8 | #841 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 13 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 13 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 10 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 14 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 9 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 12 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 22 | #412 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 21 | #402 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 11 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 14 | #548 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 15 | #451 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 21 | #394 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 15 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 15 | #500 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 14 | #510 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 7 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 16 | #458 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Pierce a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 20,634 Americans recorded as Pierce, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 20 girls and 598 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Pierce: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pierce, and how old are they?
18,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 20,634 Americans ever recorded as Pierce. The median Pierce alive today is 16 years old; half are between 8 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 14,535 people named Pierce (322 women and girls, 14,213 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,167 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 126 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 396 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 257 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,110 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7,540 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,830 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Pierce born?
The states with the most babies named Pierce are Texas, California and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 62 | #530 | 1.0× |
| California | 53 | #570 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 31 | #567 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #384 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 25 | #440 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 25 | #443 | 0.8× |
| New York | 23 | #656 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 20 | #435 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 19 | #559 | 1.4× |
| Colorado | 19 | #342 | 1.0× |
Where Pierce is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Pierce is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Pierce with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Pierce
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Pierce and names like it
- Compare Pierce and IsaacBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sPierce peaked in 2015.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pierce since 1910.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Pierce.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Pierce alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with PMost given first.