Piers — #12536 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Piers

The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Piers between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Piers currently holds the #12536 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Piers performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Piers shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Piers in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Piers 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 290 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.