NameTides

Pierre

Pierre was the #1,252 boys' name in the US in 2025 (159 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Pierre as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Pierre as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Pierre as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,252 (159)#2,269 (10)——#1,127 (22)
2024#1,243 (159)#2,672 (8)——#997 (25)
2023#1,167 (177)#2,326 (9)——#947 (25)
2022#1,156 (178)#4,002 (4)——#1,027 (22)
2021#1,081 (196)#1,688 (14)——#805 (31)
2020#1,111 (177)#2,228 (9)—#741 (3)#822 (29)
2019#1,085 (184)#1,369 (18)——#798 (30)
2018#1,045 (194)#1,382 (18)——#858 (27)
2017#1,186 (157)#1,470 (17)——#665 (38)
2016#1,124 (173)#1,804 (13)——#938 (24)
2015#1,124 (170)#1,279 (20)—#699 (3)#827 (28)
2014#1,008 (203)#1,223 (21)——#736 (33)
2013#974 (205)#1,617 (14)——#760 (31)
2012#1,017 (192)#1,086 (25)——#733 (32)
2011#987 (198)#1,688 (13)—#730 (3)#762 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #389.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Pierre is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Pierre by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Pierre (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
Quebec2025#6236
Ontario2024#1,2178

Pierre (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
PierreCanadaGirls—too few
PierreCanadaBoys#1,12722
PierreEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
PierreIrelandBoys—too few
PierreNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PierreScotlandBoys—too few
PierreUSGirls—too few
PierreUSBoys#1,252159