Pearson
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Pearson is a name of English origin, meaning “son of Piers”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Pearson mean?
English: English surname
“son of Piers”
A patronymic surname from Piers, the medieval English form of Peter, which means 'stone'.
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Is Pearson a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Pearson has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Pearson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Pearson, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had fewer boys named Pearson than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Pearson in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Pearson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.
- Pierson 123
- Pearson 31
Pearson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,338 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
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