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Pierson

#1,456 in 2025Boys' name

Piers with the suffix -son

Pierson has been given to 3,633 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #1,456 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 172 recorded.

Babies named Pierson, 2025

1 in 27,000

Pierson over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pierson: meaning, origin, and history

Piers with the suffix -son

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pierson means

Pierson is formed from Piers with the suffix -son.

Origin, language, and formation

Pierson is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Piers.

Pronunciation and spelling

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

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,522 boys were recorded with the name Pierson between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 172 in 2020; its best national rank was #1,137 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,137 in 2020 to #1,456 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,323 in 2015 to #1,456 in 2025.

In the United States, 111 girls were recorded with the name Pierson between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,408 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,700 in 2020 to #7,408 in 2025.

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 Pierson?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 27,000
123 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 13,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,456
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,683 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Pierson 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,683 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pierson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Piersons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pierson was born before 2013 — so the typical Pierson is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
85.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,433
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.3% of all recorded uses (1,349).

Is Pierson 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
+11
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−319
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−133
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.92×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
71.5%
Peak was 2020 (172)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,137
2020

Spellings of Pierson

Pierson is not the most common spelling — Emerson is, with 67.0% against Pierson's 7.0%.

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 Pierson is used

Across 2016–2025, Pierson was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 5,882 boys, against 1 in 14,176 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

117 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 5,882
  2. 2Missouri1 in 8,333
  3. 3Ohio1 in 8,333
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 8,333
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 9,091
  6. 6Alabama1 in 10,000
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 10,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 12,500

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.

Pierson around the world

Where Pierson 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
    2011–2011
    #4,647
    in 2011
  • Canada
    2000–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1997–2012
    #771
    in 2012

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.

Notable people named Pierson

People whose public names include Pierson, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Pierson by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,456
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 319
Best rank ever
#1,137
2020
Peak year
2020
172 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,522
Count in 2025
123

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,408
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 7,292
Best rank ever
#7,408
2025
Peak year
2025
15 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
111
Count in 2025
15

Names similar to Pierson

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

PietroAllisonSampsonBraysonEllisonColesonIversonTreysonPiercesonJohnsonPieterMadisonPearsonVinsonWessonBransonRobinsonWoodsonGersonJensonJettsonThompsonMaisonMayson

Names with a curve like Pierson

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Pierson, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ZephaniahOskarViktorFarisGianlucaJetZakariaCianJaelCormacMikahYoussef

Sibling names for Pierson

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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