Meaning not yet researched.
Pierre: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 159 in 2025. Its best rank was #389 in 1986.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #389 in 1986; #1,253 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Pierre in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,253 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1986, at #389.
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Pierre: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 159 boys in 2025. Peak: #389 in 1986 · most boys in one year: 475 (1988).
In 2025, 159 US boys were named Pierre, making it the 1,253rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 6 places from #1,247 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 159 boys named Pierre in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #389, reached in 1986. The most boys given the name in a single year was 475, in 1988. For comparison, it was #1,129 in 2015 and #646 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pierre in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 13 babies. In all, 19,143 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 4,094 babies named Pierre.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,754 US boys were named Pierre; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 196. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,743 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Pierre ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #556 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Peter (591,531 babies since 1880) and Pedro (94,582 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Pier, Piere and Peirre 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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Pier (483), Piere (40), Peirre (24).
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 Pierre 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 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 9 | #556 | #623 |
| Georgia | 11 | #838 | #895 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #854 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #875 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #886 | #950 |
| Illinois | 9 | #917 | #612 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,045 | #993 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,090 | #1,341 |
| Texas | 18 | #1,205 | #1,342 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,245 | #953 |
| New York | 8 | #1,376 | #2,031 |
| California | 13 | #1,412 | #1,201 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 159 | #1,253 |
| 2024 | — | — | 159 | #1,247 |
| 2023 | — | — | 177 | #1,168 |
| 2022 | — | — | 178 | #1,161 |
| 2021 | — | — | 196 | #1,084 |
| 2020 | — | — | 177 | #1,115 |
| 2019 | — | — | 184 | #1,088 |
| 2018 | — | — | 194 | #1,050 |
| 2017 | — | — | 157 | #1,189 |
| 2016 | — | — | 173 | #1,126 |
| 2015 | — | — | 170 | #1,129 |
| 2014 | — | — | 203 | #1,011 |
| 2013 | — | — | 205 | #977 |
| 2012 | — | — | 192 | #1,021 |
| 2011 | — | — | 198 | #989 |
| 2010 | — | — | 211 | #950 |
| 2009 | — | — | 191 | #1,021 |
| 2008 | — | — | 203 | #982 |
| 2007 | — | — | 192 | #1,010 |
| 2006 | — | — | 185 | #999 |
| 2005 | — | — | 162 | #1,040 |
| 2004 | — | — | 150 | #1,069 |
| 2003 | — | — | 176 | #935 |
| 2002 | — | — | 170 | #947 |
| 2001 | — | — | 159 | #971 |
| 2000 | — | — | 166 | #926 |
| 1999 | — | — | 158 | #927 |
| 1998 | — | — | 191 | #805 |
| 1997 | — | — | 183 | #805 |
| 1996 | — | — | 164 | #851 |
| 1995 | — | — | 163 | #845 |
| 1994 | — | — | 204 | #736 |
| 1993 | — | — | 250 | #653 |
| 1992 | — | — | 295 | #599 |
| 1991 | — | — | 366 | #525 |
| 1990 | 7 | #11,054 | 387 | #494 |
| 1989 | — | — | 423 | #457 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,064 | 475 | #415 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,869 | 472 | #401 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,563 | 470 | #389 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,942 | 447 | #406 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,661 | 410 | #406 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,877 | 408 | #404 |
| 1982 | — | — | 357 | #453 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,776 | 298 | #486 |
| 1980 | — | — | 282 | #507 |
| 1979 | — | — | 234 | #562 |
| 1978 | — | — | 166 | #652 |
| 1977 | — | — | 179 | #632 |
| 1976 | — | — | 142 | #696 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,158 | 152 | #670 |
| 1974 | — | — | 180 | #599 |
| 1973 | — | — | 124 | #725 |
| 1972 | — | — | 151 | #654 |
| 1971 | — | — | 174 | #629 |
| 1970 | — | — | 198 | #574 |
| 1969 | — | — | 188 | #574 |
| 1968 | — | — | 188 | #553 |
| 1967 | — | — | 215 | #513 |
| 1966 | — | — | 210 | #526 |
| 1965 | — | — | 231 | #501 |
| 1964 | — | — | 224 | #522 |
| 1963 | — | — | 238 | #519 |
| 1962 | — | — | 185 | #577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,287 | 240 | #514 |
| 1960 | — | — | 241 | #512 |
| 1959 | — | — | 225 | #526 |
| 1958 | — | — | 208 | #533 |
| 1957 | — | — | 190 | #560 |
| 1956 | — | — | 162 | #599 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,493 | 155 | #591 |
| 1954 | — | — | 167 | #572 |
| 1953 | — | — | 127 | #635 |
| 1952 | — | — | 105 | #680 |
| 1951 | — | — | 102 | #695 |
| 1950 | — | — | 116 | #646 |
| 1949 | — | — | 91 | #721 |
| 1948 | — | — | 83 | #742 |
| 1947 | — | — | 102 | #687 |
| 1946 | — | — | 85 | #709 |
| 1945 | — | — | 64 | #772 |
| 1944 | — | — | 86 | #672 |
| 1943 | — | — | 64 | #826 |
| 1942 | — | — | 62 | #831 |
| 1941 | — | — | 70 | #743 |
| 1940 | — | — | 57 | #836 |
| 1939 | — | — | 63 | #767 |
| 1938 | — | — | 67 | #750 |
| 1937 | — | — | 63 | #776 |
| 1936 | — | — | 64 | #764 |
| 1935 | — | — | 66 | #762 |
| 1934 | — | — | 50 | #896 |
| 1933 | — | — | 58 | #820 |
| 1932 | — | — | 60 | #828 |
| 1931 | — | — | 65 | #782 |
| 1930 | — | — | 59 | #863 |
| 1929 | — | — | 57 | #886 |
| 1928 | — | — | 54 | #921 |
| 1927 | — | — | 62 | #864 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1925 | — | — | 54 | #922 |
| 1924 | — | — | 61 | #894 |
| 1923 | — | — | 46 | #1,055 |
| 1922 | — | — | 52 | #986 |
| 1921 | — | — | 59 | #918 |
| 1920 | — | — | 71 | #800 |
| 1919 | — | — | 51 | #947 |
| 1918 | — | — | 49 | #962 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #955 |
| 1916 | — | — | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1915 | — | — | 44 | #949 |
| 1914 | — | — | 39 | #881 |
| 1913 | — | — | 21 | #1,139 |
| 1912 | — | — | 22 | #987 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,264 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,285 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #885 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #933 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #919 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #982 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #862 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #766 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #726 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #673 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #827 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #605 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,094 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #470 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #879 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #959 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #774 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #816 |
| 1892 | — | — | 13 | #590 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #687 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #972 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #661 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #686 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #668 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #636 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #683 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #598 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #514 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #569 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #556 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #518 |
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).