NameTides

Pierce

Pierce was the #505 boys' name in the US in 2025 (598 babies), and #981 in Canada.

Pierce as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Pierce 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSIrelandCanada
Pierce 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#505 (598)——#270 (6)#676 (4)#981 (26)
2024#538 (554)#4,271 (4)——#785 (3)#697 (38)
2023#546 (537)#2,814 (7)——#660 (4)#522 (53)
2022#571 (518)————#809 (31)
2021#503 (585)#3,451 (5)——#552 (5)#910 (26)
2020#502 (580)#2,960 (6)—#334 (4)#459 (7)#557 (47)
2019#489 (590)#2,104 (10)#701 (3)—#564 (5)#722 (34)
2018#490 (588)#4,749 (3)#704 (3)—#471 (7)#572 (47)
2017#523 (547)#3,449 (5)—#415 (3)#495 (6)#637 (40)
2016#473 (647)#2,804 (7)—#358 (4)#412 (8)#588 (46)
2015#465 (648)#3,373 (5)—#415 (3)#345 (12)#567 (47)
2014#469 (621)#2,079 (10)——#403 (9)#499 (57)
2013#462 (608)#1,920 (11)——#422 (8)#556 (48)
2012#479 (570)#2,117 (10)——#336 (12)#515 (53)
2011#473 (565)#1,303 (19)——#302 (15)#535 (49)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #505.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Pierce is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Pierce by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #433ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #639NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #378PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #565CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #431NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #526TXFlorida: #557FL
Pierce (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Pierce (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PierceCanadaBoys#98126
PierceEngland & WalesBoys—too few
PierceIrelandBoys#6764
PierceNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
PierceScotlandBoys—too few
PierceUSGirls#5,91720
PierceUSBoys#505598