Pierre

maleStatistical record

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

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

Pierre: Recorded since 1973, its highest recorded position is #254, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#254highest recorded position
10groupings 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	#728
1997	#694
1998	#554
1999	#639
2000	#651
2001	#751
2002	#656
2003	#833
2004	#760
2005	#1047
2006	#1048
2007	#987
2008	#943
2009	#2126
2010	#1620
2011	#1688
2012	#1086
2013	#1617
2014	#1223
2015	#1279
2016	#1804
2017	#1470
2018	#1382
2019	#1369
2020	#2228
2021	#1688
2022	#4001
2023	#2325
2024	#2671

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 12 of the 48 years from 1973 to 2020.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2228 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #254 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2020
Highest recorded position: #254 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1973–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Pierre appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 558 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1973.

Pierre across 2 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.

Pierre'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	#254 (1973)	#254 (1973)	#741 (2020)	12 of 48	42 (1973–2020)	6 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#728 (1996)	#554 (1998)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	558 (1996–2024)	33 (1998)

Pierre by decade in England and Wales · 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 Pierre in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	104	4 of 10	26
2000sbusiest	237	10 of 10	24
2010s	173	10 of 10	17
2020s	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pierre 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 2 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Pierre'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1086	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#943	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#760	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#833	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#656	30	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#651	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#639	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#554	33	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#728	21	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #254, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 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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Pietro · #509, 29y
Pijus · #339, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Medina · #254, 32y
Derry · #253, 31y
Krystyna · #255, 39y
Monty · #253, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aodan · #254, 20y
Glynn · #254, 13y
Kris · #254, 39y
Roma · #254, 30y

Pierre was ranked #254 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1973. 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.

Pierre 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 Pierre without appearing here.

Pierre moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Pierre

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #967.
Henrik Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1314.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1609.
Gunnar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1860 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1879.

Moved the opposite way to Pierre

Aaron Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 while Aaron went from #157 to #45.
Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 while Adam went from #143 to #12.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 while Alex went from #268 to #21.
Alexander Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 while Alexander went from #145 to #40.

Moved the same way as Pierre

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 and Adrian from #43 to #211.
Denis Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 and Denis from #42 to #180.
Edward Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 and Edward from #29 to #90.
Francis Compare
Between 1973 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pierre went from #254 to #741 and Francis from #35 to #271.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pierre

Pierre at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pierre across 2 official records

Pierre by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Pierre across 2 official records

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