Boys' name · peaked in 2025
Pierce name popularity since 1925
19,516 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Pierce (2.0% girls, 98.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Pierce is about 17 years old in 2026. Pierce peaked in 2025 as the #505 name for boys, and it ranked #505 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,516
- Named Pierce, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #505
- for boys in 2025 (598 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.0% boys
- 389 girls · 19,127 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 1.82× its national share
Peak year is the year Pierce made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Pierce births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2015. Measured as a share of all babies, Pierce peaked in 2025.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, Pierce became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby boys to 1 in 6,130.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Pierce's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Pierce.
Decade by decade
Babies named Pierce in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 248 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 409 | #1,187 |
| 1940s | 0 | 373 | #1,402 |
| 1950s | 0 | 306 | #1,268 |
| 1960s | 0 | 234 | #1,847 |
| 1970s | 0 | 179 | #3,384 |
| 1980s | 0 | 779 | #880 |
| 1990s | 17 | 2,398 | #715 |
| 2000s | 73 | 4,898 | #496 |
| 2010s | 152 | 5,931 | #466 |
| 2020–25 | 147 | 3,372 | #505 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.4% of babies named Pierce from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Pierce is most popular
The index compares Pierce's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Pierce.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1.82× | 805 |
| Colorado | 1.75× | 345 |
| Florida | 1.61× | 928 |
| Texas | 1.51× | 1,891 |
| Virginia | 1.31× | 472 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Pierce's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Pierce.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Pierce (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data