Boys' name · since 1952
Piers
Piers has 295 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,685 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,238 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 295
- born since 1952
- 2010s
- peak decade
Piers currently ranks #12238 among boys' names in America, with 295 babies recorded since 1952.
Social Security Administration records show Piers recorded 295 times among boys since 1952, holding rank #12238 nationally today, ahead of 12% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #10,685 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,238 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 295 born since 1952
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Piers ranks #10,685 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,238 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 295 born since 1952, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,685 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,238 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 295
- born since 1952
- 2010s
- peak decade
Piers's 295 recorded births place it above 76.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Piers compares
295 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Piers's all-time total is 20% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Piers | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 295 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Piers's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Piers splits its recorded history at 2007: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Piers popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Piers by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Piers's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Piers births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (35% of all-time use).
Piers by state
Where Piers concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
12 of 295 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Piers's data
- Piers's decade-level peak was the 2010s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Pierss (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Piers: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Piers 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.