Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pearce

#4,103 most common boys' name of all time · #10,041 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#4,103
Rank overall
#10,041 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,296
Since 2016
333
Peak year
2010 #2,690
Best rank
#2,516 1912
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
192019401960198020002020

Pearce first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 22 28 #4,556
2024 — 19 19 #5,086
2023 9 20 29 #4,908
2022 — 43 43 #2,924
2021 7 33 40 #3,439
2020 7 34 41 #3,282
2019 8 31 39 #3,581
2018 — 35 35 #3,256
2017 — 28 28 #3,801
2016 — 31 31 #3,530
2015 — 36 36 #3,157
2014 — 20 20 #4,720
2013 — 31 31 #3,413
2012 7 38 45 #3,015
2011 — 36 36 #3,122
2010 — 45 45 #2,690
2009 — 40 40 #2,953
2008 — 40 40 #2,959
2007 5 36 41 #3,141
2006 — 32 32 #3,324
2005 — 30 30 #3,334
2004 — 30 30 #3,233
2003 — 28 28 #3,292
2002 — 34 34 #2,769
2001 — 26 26 #3,334
2000 — 27 27 #3,165
1999 — 27 27 #3,043
1998 — 28 28 #2,864
1997 — 27 27 #2,838
1996 — 22 22 #3,221
1995 — 26 26 #2,774
1994 — 19 19 #3,486
1993 — 19 19 #3,393
1992 — 12 12 #4,614
1991 — 16 16 #3,664
1990 — 16 16 #3,646
1989 — 11 11 #4,574
1988 — 5 5 #7,403
1987 — 10 10 #4,307
1986 — 8 8 #4,941
1985 — 15 15 #3,101
1984 — 7 7 #5,086
1983 — 5 5 #6,398
1981 — 5 5 #6,432
1979 — 5 5 #6,224
1975 — 6 6 #4,926
1974 — 5 5 #5,364
1973 — 5 5 #5,242
1963 — 5 5 #4,217
1959 — 7 7 #3,412
1958 — 5 5 #4,105
1954 — 5 5 #3,990
1951 — 6 6 #3,503
1944 — 7 7 #2,984
1943 — 5 5 #3,720
1941 — 9 9 #2,594
1931 — 5 5 #3,950
1930 — 5 5 #4,162
1927 — 8 8 #3,277
1926 — 6 6 #3,872
1925 — 8 8 #3,262
1922 — 5 5 #4,466
1921 — 6 6 #3,998
1919 — 9 9 #2,994
1918 — 6 6 #3,865
1916 — 5 5 #4,079
1915 — 5 5 #3,976
1912 — 6 6 #2,516