How Many People Are Named Pierson?
people named Pierson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 97,541 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,633 babies named Pierson 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
178 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Pierson, 3.2% were girls and 96.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 1.8% of the babies were girls then and 7.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pierson alive today is about 13 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pierson first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2020, to 178 babies. In 2025, 138 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Pierson has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,137, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #1,456.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,456 |
| Best rank | #1,137 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,311 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pierson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pierson were born in Texas than in any other state: about 320 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pierson was given 3.1 times as often in Michigan, 2.4 times in North Carolina and 2.1 times in Ohio.
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