How Many People Are Named Piers?
people named Piers are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,186,752 people in the US has this name
Based on 295 babies named Piers in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval form of PETER. This was the name of the main character in the 14th-century poem 'Piers Plowman' by William Langland.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Piers in English. Counting Piers and these spellings together, about 19,767 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Piers in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Piers alive today is about 19 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Piers first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 2013, to 20 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Piers has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,127, in 1952. In 2025 it ranked #13,402.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,402 |
| Best rank | #4,127 (1952) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,545 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Piers alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Piers were born in California than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today.
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