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Pearson

#3,638 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Piers with the suffix -son

Pearson has been given to 1,678 babies in the U.S. since 1898. In 2025 it ranked #3,638 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 58 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Pearson, 2025

1 in 107,000

Pearson over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Pearson over time

In 2025, Pearson went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Pearson: meaning, origin, and history

Piers with the suffix -son

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pearson means

Pearson is formed from Piers with the suffix -son.

Origin, language, and formation

Pearson is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Piers.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Pearson is pronounced /ˈpɪɹ.sən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,552 boys were recorded with the name Pearson between 1898 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,260 in 1898.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,875 in 2020 to #3,638 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,556 in 2015 to #3,638 in 2025.

In the United States, 126 girls were recorded with the name Pearson between 2005 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2019; its best national rank was #9,587 in 2019.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Pearson?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 107,000
31 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 55,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,638
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
74,127 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Pearson sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pearson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pearsons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pearson was born before 2008 — so the typical Pearson is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
28.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
66.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,350
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 28.8% of all recorded uses (447).

Is Pearson rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−853
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−763
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,082
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
53.4%
Peak was 2019 (58)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,260
1898

Spellings of Pearson

Pearson is not the most common spelling — Carson is, with 77.1% against Pearson's 0.90%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Pearson is used

Across 1910–2025, Pearson was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 253,828 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in —
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7South Carolina1 in —
  8. 8Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Pearson has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Pearson around the world

Where Pearson ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2006
    #4,052
    in 2006
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2001–2002
    #606
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Pearson by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,638
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 763
Best rank ever
#1,260
1898
Peak year
2019
58 that year
First recorded
1898
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,552
Count in 2025
31

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,587
2019
Peak year
2019
11 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
126
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Pearson

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Pearson

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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