Pierrette — girls' name
240 babies named Pierrette in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Pierrette was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Pierrette in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pierrette
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Pierrette between 1927 and 1979, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pierrette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pierrette performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Pierrette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pierrette in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 240 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Pierrette at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pierrette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1927
- Peak year (1955)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
240 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 11 births in a single year.
Pierrette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 73 births that decade — 30% of Pierrette's all-time total
Pierrette decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Pierrette's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1927–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.