Girls' name · since 1983
Pierra
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 61 babies named Pierra, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
61 girls have been named Pierra since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pierra has 61 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2017.
- #32,732 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 61 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pierra ranks #32,732 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 61 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Pierra's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pierra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pierra splits its recorded history at 1997: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pierra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2017
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Pierra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Pierra's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Pierra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Pierra's data
- Pierra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pierra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1983–2017 (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 Pierra 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.