girls:
43 births since 2007
#5673 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1912
#3401 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1912
#6492 (16th percentile)
The name Pearce is the #6,492 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,249 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 16.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,401 (25.8% percentile) for all time with 1,206 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,673 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 43 births since 2007.
Pearce first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2007 for girls). Birth data for Pearce is available in 66 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (66 years for boys and 6 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Pearce has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 69.0% of babies named Pearce were boys.
For boys, Pearce reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #840) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Pearce ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 47.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Pearce reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #943) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Pearce is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #943 (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pearce".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Pearce. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.3% confident that Pearce is pronounced as pihrs, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is pears, at 43.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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