Girls' name · since 1907
Pierina
262 babies named Pierina in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 262
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Pierina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 262 have been recorded since 1907.
Pierina has 262 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2017.
- #17,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 262 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pierina ranks #17,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 262 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 262
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Pierina's 262 recorded births place it above 76.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Pierina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pierina's full recorded timeline at 1924, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pierina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2017
- Peak year (1915)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Pierina by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (104 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Pierina's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Pierina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
102 births
- 1920s
1920s
104 births
- 1930s 30
1930s
30 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 104 births (40% of all-time use).
Pierina by state
Where Pierina concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 25 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 6.1% |
25 of 262 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Pierina's data
- Pierina's decade-level peak was the 1920s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Pierinas (25 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pierina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1907–2017 (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 Pierina 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.