first name
PIERRE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,575 people named Pierre, 54.6% reported their origin as Black, 30.8% as White and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Pierre peaked in 1988, when 482 babies got the name.
At least 19,143 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Pierre by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #930. The largest share of babies named Pierre, 29.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Pierre is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pierre has been most common in Louisiana (3.4×), Illinois (2.9×), and District of Columbia (2.2×), and least common in Arizona (0.23×).
14,014 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Pierre
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pierre, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Pierre ranks #876 of 156,621, with 39,005 people. See Pierre as a last name
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