Pearce

Boy · PEERSS · Greek

Pearce is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “stone, rock”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).

What does Pearce mean?

Greek: English and Irish surname from Piers, a medieval form of Peter

“stone, rock”

A surname from Piers, the medieval form of Peter, as in the poem Piers Plowman.

Say it: PEERSS

Is Pearce a girl's or a boy's name?

Pearce is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 22 boys in the US.

How popular is Pearce in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 26 boys.

Half of all the boys named Pearce in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 26 in 19982022

Pearce in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2022	1	#6,413
2021	0	–
2020	0	–
2019	1	#6,258
2018	1	#6,277
2017	0	–
2016	7	#2,947
2015	4	#4,086
2014	8	#2,593
2013	0	–
2012	10	#2,230
2011	11	#2,011
2010	7	#2,775
2009	12	#1,852
2008	12	#1,810
2007	18	#1,343
2006	21	#1,131
2005	21	#1,098
2004	17	#1,183
2003	18	#1,081
2002	10	#1,490
2001	8	#1,690
2000	15	#1,057
1999	22	#807
1998	26	#714
1997	23	#760
1996	20	#797

How popular is Pearce in the US?

Rank in 2025: #4,538among boys
Babies in 2025: 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Pearce, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 6 girls were also named Pearce in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Pearce in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2021, 18% of the babies named Pearce in the US were girls.

1912Busiest: 45 in 20102025

Pearce in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	22	#4,538
2024	19	#5,063
2023	20	#4,882
2022	43	#2,917
2021	33	#3,424
2020	34	#3,272
2019	31	#3,568
2018	35	#3,237
2017	28	#3,777
2016	31	#3,523
2015	36	#3,148
2014	20	#4,698
2013	31	#3,403
2012	38	#3,000
2011	36	#3,113
2010	45	#2,681
2009	40	#2,945
2008	40	#2,945
2007	36	#3,133
2006	32	#3,304
2005	30	#3,315
2004	30	#3,213
2003	28	#3,275
2002	34	#2,751
2001	26	#3,316
2000	27	#3,144
1999	27	#3,027
1998	28	#2,848
1997	27	#2,819
1996	22	#3,197
1995	26	#2,757
1994	19	#3,463
1993	19	#3,362
1992	12	#4,556
1991	16	#3,629
1990	16	#3,601
1989	11	#4,521
1988	5	#7,264
1987	10	#4,233
1986	8	#4,848
1985	15	#3,067
1984	7	#4,969
1983	5	#6,234
1982	0	–
1981	5	#6,260
1980	0	–
1979	5	#6,054
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	6	#4,795
1974	5	#5,225
1973	5	#5,099
1972	0	–
1971	0	–
1970	0	–
1969	0	–
1968	0	–
1967	0	–
1966	0	–
1965	0	–
1964	0	–
1963	5	#4,047
1962	0	–
1961	0	–
1960	0	–
1959	7	#3,289
1958	5	#3,942
1957	0	–
1956	0	–
1955	0	–
1954	5	#3,825
1953	0	–
1952	0	–
1951	6	#3,362
1950	0	–
1949	0	–
1948	0	–
1947	0	–
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	7	#2,861
1943	5	#3,536
1942	0	–
1941	9	#2,491
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	0	–
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	0	–
1932	0	–
1931	5	#3,761
1930	5	#3,999
1929	0	–
1928	0	–
1927	8	#3,150
1926	6	#3,706
1925	8	#3,153
1924	0	–
1923	0	–
1922	5	#4,305
1921	6	#3,867
1920	0	–
1919	9	#2,876
1918	6	#3,727
1917	0	–
1916	5	#3,896
1915	5	#3,824
1914	0	–
1913	0	–
1912	6	#2,268

Names like Pearce

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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