How Many People Are Named Pearce?
people named Pearce are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 289,402 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,296 babies named Pearce in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
45 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of PIERCE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Pearce in English. Counting Pearce and these spellings together, about 19,767 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Pearce, 4.1% were girls and 95.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Pearce rose from 0% in the 1990s to 14.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pearce alive today is about 19 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pearce first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2010, to 45 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Pearce has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,478, in 1912. In 2025 it ranked #4,665.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,665 |
| Best rank | #2,478 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,348 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pearce alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pearce were born in Texas than in any other state: about 69 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pearce was given about 6.5 times as often in Texas.
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