How Many People Are Named Pier?

427

people named Pier are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 800,432 people in the US has this name

Based on 483 babies named Pier in Social Security records from 1953 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#18,232

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#1,280

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Peak Year

1957

35 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Dutch
Pronunciation: PYER (Italian), PEER (Dutch)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Italian and Dutch variant form of PETER. In Italian, this form is often used in combination with another name.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

PjetërBotrosBoutrosButrusBedrosPetrosPeruPetriPetrusPeterPerPetarPerePetruPetr

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
74.0%
Male
26.0%

Of the babies given the name Pier, 74% were girls and 26% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 96.8% of the babies were girls then and 88.7% in the 1960s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Pier alive today is about 53 years old, and 53% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 66 in 2025.

Under 30 48
11.3%
30 to 59 151
35.4%
60 and over 227
53.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Pier first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 1957, to 35 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Pier has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,856, in 1957. Among boys, its best rank was #3,582, in 1961.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025Not rankedNot ranked
Best rank#1,856 (1957)#3,582 (1961)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#2,918 in the 1950s#7,259 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Pier alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Pier were born in New York than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.

New York 5
California 4

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