Pierre
Pierre is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 158 births. Its best rank was 389th, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1580.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1988475 births
- Best rank
- #389in 1986
- Since 1880
- 18,908people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,908 boys have been named Pierre in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 475 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 21%. It has spent 121 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Pierre | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | |
| 1890s | 96 | |
| 1900s | 92 | |
| 1910s | 328 | |
| 1920s | 559 | |
| 1930s | 615 | |
| 1940s | 764 | |
| 1950s | 1,557 | |
| 1960s | 2,160 | |
| 1970s | 1,700 | |
| 1980s | 4,042 | |
| 1990s | 2,361 | |
| 2000s | 1,754 | |
| 2010s | 1,886 | |
| 2020s | 886 |
In 1988, its biggest year
Pierre was the 415th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Pierre
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Danielpeak 1985
- Andrewpeak 1987
- Rubenpeak 1992
- Orlandopeak 1987
- Mathewpeak 1990
- Wesleypeak 2024
- Blainepeak 2001
- Joelpeak 1985
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.