Pierson
Boy · PEER-sun · English
Pierson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Piers”. In 2025 it ranked 1,451st for boys in the US (123 babies).
What does Pierson mean?
English: English surname
“son of Piers”
From an English surname meaning son of Piers, the medieval form of Peter.
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- PEER-sun
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Is Pierson a girl's or a boy's name?
Pierson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 123 boys in the US.
How popular is Pierson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,451among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 123about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 123 boys in the US were named Pierson, making it the 1,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,134th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 172 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 15 girls were also named Pierson in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Pierson in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Pierson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #1,451 for this spelling alone.
- Pierson 123
- Pearson 31
Pierson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | #1,451 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,498 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,468 |
| 2021 | 153 | #1,245 |
| 2020 | 172 | #1,134 |
| 2019 | 146 | #1,277 |
| 2018 | 168 | #1,141 |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,365 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,275 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 137 | #1,296 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,387 |
| 2012 | 133 | #1,299 |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,415 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,425 |
| 2008 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2007 | 122 | #1,365 |
| 2006 | 93 | #1,575 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,389 |
| 2004 | 90 | #1,489 |
| 2003 | 66 | #1,797 |
| 2002 | 82 | #1,511 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 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 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Names like Pierson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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