Pierson
#2,169 most common boys' name of all time · #5,192 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#2,169
Rank overall
#5,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
3,633
Since 2016
1,478
Peak year
2020 #1,136
Best rank
#1,136 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 178/yr
Pierson 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 123 | 138 | #1,453 |
| 2024 | 10 | 124 | 134 | #1,462 |
| 2023 | 8 | 119 | 127 | #1,498 |
| 2022 | 13 | 123 | 136 | #1,470 |
| 2021 | 10 | 153 | 163 | #1,247 |
| 2020 | 6 | 172 | 178 | #1,136 |
| 2019 | — | 146 | 146 | #1,277 |
| 2018 | 7 | 168 | 175 | #1,145 |
| 2017 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,367 |
| 2016 | 8 | 143 | 151 | #1,276 |
| 2015 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,319 |
| 2014 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,296 |
| 2013 | 7 | 121 | 128 | #1,392 |
| 2012 | 6 | 133 | 139 | #1,300 |
| 2011 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,386 |
| 2010 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,425 |
| 2008 | 6 | 104 | 110 | #1,545 |
| 2007 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,365 |
| 2006 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,579 |
| 2005 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,391 |
| 2004 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,495 |
| 2003 | 5 | 66 | 71 | #1,804 |
| 2002 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,517 |
| 2001 | 5 | 60 | 65 | #1,849 |
| 2000 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,057 |
| 1999 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,710 |
| 1998 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #3,410 |
| 1997 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,623 |
| 1996 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,691 |
| 1995 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,694 |
| 1994 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,782 |
| 1993 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,534 |
| 1992 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,370 |
| 1991 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,500 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,040 |
| 1989 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,983 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,304 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,703 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,259 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,083 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,577 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,427 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,913 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,738 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,783 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,659 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,849 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,710 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,323 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,933 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,352 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,500 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,505 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,959 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,460 |
| 1917 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,071 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,037 |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,424 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,067 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,250 |