Pierce

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pierce: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pierce: Recorded since 1964, it reached #122 in 1998, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
106times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#122highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#365
1997	#378
1998	#477
1999	#454
2000	#453
2001	#524
2002	#534
2003	#453
2004	#875
2005	#574
2006	#631
2007	#1014
2008	#1156
2009	#1358
2010	#1344
2011	#1303
2012	#2117
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#3373
2016	#2804
2017	#3449
2018	#4749
2019	#2104
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2023	#2813
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 61 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4270 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #155 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2020
Highest recorded position: #122 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2020).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Pierce appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 828 births with the name.

Pierce across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pierce's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#155 (1964)	#132 (1969)	#676 (2025)	61 of 62	828 (1964–2025)	28 (2002)
England and Wales · Boys	#365 (1996)	#365 (1996)	#4270 (2024)	28 of 29	680 (1996–2024)	61 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#129 (1997)	#122 (1998)	#334 (2020)	17 of 24	128 (1997–2020)	17 (1998)

Pierce by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pierce in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	83	6 of 10	14
1970s	124	10 of 10	12
1980s	137	10 of 10	14
1990s	158	10 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	209	10 of 10	21
2010s	94	10 of 10	9
2020s	23	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Pierce appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #122 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Pierce's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#631	44	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#574	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#453	54	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#534	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#524	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#453	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#454	47	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#477	41	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#378	60	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#365	61	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#209	9	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#188	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#154	12	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#204	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#176	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#199	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#122	17	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#129	15	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#345	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	15	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	26	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	24	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	18	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	25	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	19	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	21	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	28	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	17	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	19	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	22	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	20	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	17	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	11	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	16	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	17	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	12	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	12	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	17	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	15	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	19	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	11	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	12	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	22	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	12	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	10	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	16	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #122, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 61 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Malachy · #123, 59y
Jarlath · #124, 62y
Jerome · #119, 61y
Aislinn · #126, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Anya · #123, 34y
Artur · #123, 64y
Garret · #121, 35y
Liliana · #123, 47y

Pierce was ranked #122 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pierce and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pierce without appearing here.

Pierce moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Kristian Compare
In 2019 they stood at #564 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #459 and #741.
Gregory Compare
In 2024 they stood at #785 and #785 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #829.

Moved ahead of Pierce

Roger Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2263.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2443.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1303 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #569.
Andrea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2079 and #2964 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #2020.

Moved the opposite way to Pierce

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Pierce

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 and Edward from #18 to #125.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierce went from #155 to #676 and Frank from #164 to #286.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #122 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pierce

Pierce at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pierce across 3 official records

Pierce by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Pierce appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Pierce

Pierce and the names beside it

Pierce moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pierce

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Pierce at a glance

Pierce across 3 official records

Pierce by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Pierce appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Pierce

Pierce and the names beside it

Pierce moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pierce

Moved the opposite way to Pierce

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