Pearce

Pearce was the #4,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies).

Pearce as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Pearce as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Pearce as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#4,539 (22)—————
2024#5,067 (19)—————
2023#4,886 (20)—————
2022#2,919 (43)—————
2021#3,427 (33)—————
2020#3,274 (34)—————
2019#3,571 (31)————#2,440 (6)
2018#3,240 (35)—————
2017#3,781 (28)————#1,623 (11)
2016#3,524 (31)#4,810 (3)#592 (4)——#2,182 (7)
2015#3,149 (36)#3,908 (4)——#699 (3)#1,681 (10)
2014#4,702 (20)#4,632 (3)#533 (5)——#2,133 (7)
2013#3,405 (31)—————
2012#3,002 (38)#3,987 (4)—#273 (6)—#2,368 (6)
2011#3,114 (36)#2,892 (6)—#311 (4)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,919.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.
  • In 2025, 21% of US babies named Pearce were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Pearce is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 61,000 to 1 in 180,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PearceCanadaBoys—too few
PearceEngland & WalesBoys—too few
PearceIrelandBoys—too few
PearceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PearceScotlandBoys—too few
PearceUSGirls#13,2086
PearceUSBoys#4,53922