Girls' name · since 1927
Pierrette
Pierrette has 240 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,002 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Pierrette sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 240 recorded since 1927.
Pierrette has 240 recorded births among girls since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1979.
- #18,002 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 240 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pierrette ranks #18,002 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #18,002 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Pierrette's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pierrette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pierrette's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1934, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1955 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pierrette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1979
- Peak year (1955)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Pierrette by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (73 births, 30% of the file).
1950s was Pierrette's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Pierrette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
32 births
- 1940s
1940s
30 births
- 1950s
1950s
73 births
- 1960s
1960s
60 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 73 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Pierrette's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 1970s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pierrette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~52 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, 1927–1979 (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 Pierrette 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.