Meaning not yet researched.
Pierce: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 598 in 2025. Its best rank was #394 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #394 in 1886; #505 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Pierce in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#505 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #394.
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Pierce: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 598 boys in 2025. Peak: #394 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 648 (2015).
In 2025, 598 US boys were named Pierce, making it the 505th most common boys’ name of the year, up 35 places from #540 in 2024. That is 44 more than the 554 boys named Pierce in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #394, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 648, in 2015. For comparison, it was #466 in 2015 and #1,310 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pierce in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 20,634 US babies have been given the name, 1.9% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,083 babies named Pierce.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,744 US boys were named Pierce; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 647. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,856 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Pierce ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #273 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Pearce and Peirce are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Pearce (1,296), Peirce (94).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Pierce in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 5 | #273 | — |
| South Dakota | 5 | #294 | — |
| Kansas | 12 | #319 | #413 |
| South Carolina | 17 | #323 | #518 |
| Colorado | 19 | #342 | #435 |
| Utah | 13 | #366 | #375 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #369 | #418 |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #384 | #428 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #431 | #377 |
| Nevada | 7 | #431 | #491 |
| Michigan | 20 | #435 | #476 |
| Illinois | 25 | #440 | #465 |
| North Carolina | 25 | #443 | #388 |
| Maryland | 11 | #467 | #482 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #475 | #484 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #480 | — |
| Arizona | 15 | #481 | #860 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #495 | #368 |
| Alabama | 10 | #514 | #338 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #517 | #698 |
| Texas | 62 | #530 | #467 |
| Virginia | 14 | #549 | #439 |
| Georgia | 19 | #559 | #369 |
| Florida | 31 | #567 | #474 |
| California | 53 | #570 | #586 |
| Ohio | 18 | #573 | #371 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #626 | #695 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #627 | #543 |
| Missouri | 9 | #635 | #483 |
| Iowa | 5 | #645 | #551 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #650 | #488 |
| Indiana | 10 | #653 | #473 |
| New York | 23 | #656 | #497 |
| Washington | 10 | #672 | #559 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,061 | 598 | #505 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,748 | 554 | #540 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,692 | 537 | #547 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,446 | 518 | #571 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,120 | 585 | #503 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,280 | 580 | #504 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,752 | 590 | #490 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,459 | 588 | #490 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,755 | 547 | #523 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,299 | 647 | #474 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,409 | 648 | #466 |
| 2014 | 11 | #10,003 | 621 | #469 |
| 2013 | 15 | #8,064 | 608 | #462 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,527 | 570 | #479 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,997 | 565 | #473 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,665 | 547 | #476 |
| 2009 | — | — | 575 | #475 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,943 | 538 | #506 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,417 | 544 | #487 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,442 | 454 | #554 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,734 | 502 | #496 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,460 | 478 | #512 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,122 | 512 | #484 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,283 | 438 | #519 |
| 2001 | — | — | 399 | #542 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,705 | 458 | #498 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,315 | 338 | #577 |
| 1998 | — | — | 312 | #598 |
| 1997 | — | — | 308 | #588 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,475 | 309 | #583 |
| 1995 | — | — | 223 | #715 |
| 1994 | — | — | 222 | #700 |
| 1993 | — | — | 208 | #718 |
| 1992 | — | — | 202 | #727 |
| 1991 | — | — | 140 | #892 |
| 1990 | — | — | 136 | #885 |
| 1989 | — | — | 144 | #836 |
| 1988 | — | — | 137 | #811 |
| 1987 | — | — | 101 | #942 |
| 1986 | — | — | 89 | #980 |
| 1985 | — | — | 107 | #880 |
| 1984 | — | — | 85 | #966 |
| 1983 | — | — | 55 | #1,248 |
| 1982 | — | — | 27 | #2,044 |
| 1981 | — | — | 17 | #2,753 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,810 |
| 1979 | — | — | 18 | #2,651 |
| 1978 | — | — | 23 | #2,113 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,632 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1975 | — | — | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1974 | — | — | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,863 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,632 |
| 1971 | — | — | 19 | #2,189 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,192 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,110 |
| 1968 | — | — | 23 | #1,680 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #2,013 |
| 1966 | — | — | 20 | #1,746 |
| 1965 | — | — | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1964 | — | — | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1963 | — | — | 20 | #1,826 |
| 1962 | — | — | 25 | #1,615 |
| 1961 | — | — | 32 | #1,428 |
| 1960 | — | — | 29 | #1,515 |
| 1959 | — | — | 29 | #1,493 |
| 1958 | — | — | 20 | #1,826 |
| 1957 | — | — | 33 | #1,383 |
| 1956 | — | — | 30 | #1,436 |
| 1955 | — | — | 36 | #1,268 |
| 1954 | — | — | 40 | #1,196 |
| 1953 | — | — | 24 | #1,578 |
| 1952 | — | — | 28 | #1,451 |
| 1951 | — | — | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1950 | — | — | 31 | #1,310 |
| 1949 | — | — | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1948 | — | — | 41 | #1,123 |
| 1947 | — | — | 37 | #1,207 |
| 1946 | — | — | 43 | #1,054 |
| 1945 | — | — | 23 | #1,402 |
| 1944 | — | — | 41 | #1,033 |
| 1943 | — | — | 37 | #1,137 |
| 1942 | — | — | 33 | #1,226 |
| 1941 | — | — | 38 | #1,065 |
| 1940 | — | — | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1939 | — | — | 42 | #988 |
| 1938 | — | — | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1937 | — | — | 47 | #920 |
| 1936 | — | — | 48 | #890 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,187 |
| 1934 | — | — | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1933 | — | — | 39 | #1,046 |
| 1932 | — | — | 37 | #1,121 |
| 1931 | — | — | 49 | #935 |
| 1930 | — | — | 55 | #907 |
| 1929 | — | — | 41 | #1,087 |
| 1928 | — | — | 59 | #868 |
| 1927 | — | — | 49 | #1,009 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,084 |
| 1925 | — | — | 56 | #908 |
| 1924 | — | — | 75 | #781 |
| 1923 | — | — | 53 | #949 |
| 1922 | — | — | 62 | #880 |
| 1921 | — | — | 65 | #864 |
| 1920 | — | — | 57 | #921 |
| 1919 | — | — | 61 | #846 |
| 1918 | — | — | 58 | #880 |
| 1917 | — | — | 58 | #844 |
| 1916 | — | — | 57 | #832 |
| 1915 | — | — | 48 | #900 |
| 1914 | — | — | 40 | #864 |
| 1913 | — | — | 36 | #799 |
| 1912 | — | — | 25 | #908 |
| 1911 | — | — | 19 | #751 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,029 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #830 |
| 1908 | — | — | 14 | #738 |
| 1907 | — | — | 17 | #629 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #794 |
| 1905 | — | — | 15 | #629 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #943 |
| 1903 | — | — | 14 | #611 |
| 1902 | — | — | 15 | #581 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #672 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #674 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #841 |
| 1898 | — | — | 13 | #630 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #612 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #764 |
| 1895 | — | — | 14 | #576 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #773 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #600 |
| 1892 | — | — | 22 | #412 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | — | — | 21 | #402 |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #616 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #548 |
| 1887 | — | — | 15 | #451 |
| 1886 | — | — | 21 | #394 |
| 1885 | — | — | 15 | #496 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #500 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #1,012 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #510 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #763 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #458 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).