girls:
85 births since 1998
#5631 (1st percentile)
boys:
3.3k births since 1912
#2185 (52nd percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1912
#4716 (39th percentile)
The name Pierson is the #4,716 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,359 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 39.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,185 (52.3% percentile) for all time with 3,274 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,631 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 85 births since 1998.
Pierson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Pierson is available in 60 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (60 years for boys and 12 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 Pierson has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.7% of babies named Pierson were boys.
For boys, Pierson reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 18.6% percentile (ranked #734) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 93 births per million (ranked 18.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Pierson ranks #797 for boys (12.5% percentile) with 65 births per million, which is 69.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Pierson reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #950) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Pierson ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 63.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pierson".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Pierson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.5% confident that Pierson is pronounced as PEAR-suhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PIHR-suhn, at 31.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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