Piers
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Piers is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Piers mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Piers a girl's or a boy's name?
Piers is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Piers 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 90 boys.
Half of all the boys named Piers in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Piers in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 43 | #695 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 33 | #763 |
| 2003 | 41 | #611 |
| 2002 | 49 | #499 |
| 2001 | 36 | #591 |
| 2000 | 52 | #456 |
| 1999 | 58 | #427 |
| 1998 | 90 | #322 |
| 1997 | 70 | #377 |
| 1996 | 71 | #360 |
How popular is Piers in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Piers, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the boys named Piers in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Piers in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Piers
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Luke, Lucas, Alexander, Samuel, Cruz, Xander, Liam, Nico, Aris, Marcus, Angus
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey, Elena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Piers: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/piers, updated 20 October 2026.