Pierce
Pronounced P IH1 R S (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2015
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Pierce?
Pierce is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 21,377 children — the 750th most common boys' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2015, when 684 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Pearce and Peirce — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Pierce and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Pearce
- Peirce
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P IH1 R S · P IY1 R S
- Stress pattern:
- 1 · 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Pierce
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Pierce
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Pierce?
- Pierce ranks 750th among boys' names in US records, with 21,377 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,108.
- Is Pierce a unisex name?
- No. Pierce is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Pierce most popular?
- 2015, when 684 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Pierce spelled?
- Pearce, Peirce. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.