Boys' name · since 1999
Piercen
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 204 babies named Piercen, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,844 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
204 boys have been named Piercen since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Piercen has been recorded 204 times among boys since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #12,844 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 204 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Piercen ranks #12,844 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,844 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Piercen's 204 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Piercen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Piercen's full recorded timeline at 2012, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Piercen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2010)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Piercen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Piercen's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Piercen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Piercen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Piercen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Piercen 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.