Pearson*
#3,491 most common boys' name of all time · #8,516 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1898–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,491
Rank overall
#8,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
1,678
Since 2016
522
Peak year
2019 #2,339
Best rank
#1,285 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 69/yr
Pearson first appears in 1898. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,589 |
| 2024 | 9 | 47 | 56 | #2,754 |
| 2023 | 5 | 41 | 46 | #3,013 |
| 2022 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2021 | 9 | 45 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2020 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 2019 | 11 | 58 | 69 | #2,339 |
| 2018 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #3,006 |
| 2017 | 6 | 55 | 61 | #2,353 |
| 2016 | 6 | 51 | 57 | #2,484 |
| 2015 | 7 | 49 | 56 | #2,532 |
| 2014 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,935 |
| 2013 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #3,196 |
| 2012 | 9 | 48 | 57 | #2,555 |
| 2011 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,173 |
| 2010 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #2,965 |
| 2009 | 6 | 38 | 44 | #3,050 |
| 2008 | 10 | 52 | 62 | #2,435 |
| 2007 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #3,095 |
| 2006 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,582 |
| 2005 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #3,328 |
| 2004 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,082 |
| 2003 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,052 |
| 2002 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,763 |
| 2001 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,693 |
| 2000 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,156 |
| 1999 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,406 |
| 1998 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,103 |
| 1997 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,078 |
| 1996 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,215 |
| 1995 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,716 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,140 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,725 |
| 1992 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,939 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,801 |
| 1990 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,434 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,298 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,266 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,528 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,915 |
| 1985 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,261 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,962 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,378 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,193 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,141 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,564 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,017 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,748 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,662 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,812 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,099 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,744 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,941 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,206 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,718 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,992 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,668 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,743 |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,356 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,061 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,860 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,306 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,222 |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,315 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,538 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,312 |
| 1921 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,418 |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,025 |
| 1919 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,024 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,994 |
| 1915 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,231 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,352 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,644 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,377 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,285 |