Peirce

Boys' name

Stone, rock, through Piers

Peirce has been given to 94 babies in the U.S. since 1992. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Peirce, 2017

1 in 715,000

Peirce over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Peirce: meaning, origin, and history

Stone, rock, through Piers

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Peirce means

Peirce belongs to the name family reached through Peirce → Piers → Peter. Its meaning is “stone, rock”.

Origin, language, and formation

Peirce is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Piers and Peter.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 94 boys were recorded with the name Peirce between 1992 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1999; its best national rank was #8,185 in 1992.

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.

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How common is Peirce?

Peirce had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Peirce 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 2017 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 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Peirce. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Peirces were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Peirce was born before 2001 — so the typical Peirce is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 45.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 94; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 45.7% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Peirce 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (7)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,185; 1992

Spellings of Peirce

Peirce is not the most common spelling — Percy is, with 39.6% against Peirce's 0.12%.

Percy39.6%32,204
Prince29.0%23,601
Pierce24.9%20,245
Price4.8%3,926
Pearce1.5%1,247
Peirce0.12%94

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.

Peirce by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,185; 1992
Peak year: 1999; 7 that year
First recorded: 1992
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 94
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Peirce

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

Peirre Peighton Kierce Marce Harce Hoarce Pearce Burce Byrce Dorce Larce Merce Pierce

Sibling names for Peirce

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

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Kaylah Calista Destini Carson Kayley

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Stone Devyn Garrison Tyrese

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