Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Pearce” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pearce” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Pearce” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Pearce” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Pearce” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Pearce” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Pearce” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pearce” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 -100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 27 0.000007447 27 -100%
1998 28 0.000007612 28 -100%
1999 27 0.000007309 27 -100%
2000 27 0.000007143 27 -100%
2001 26 0.000006946 26 -100%
2002 34 0.000009095 34 -100%
2003 28 0.000007364 28 -100%
2004 30 0.000007852 30 -100%
2005 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
2006 32 0.000008089 32 -100%
2007 41 0.000010256 5 36 -76%
2008 40 0.000010176 40 -100%
2009 40 0.000010471 40 -100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 -100%
2011 36 0.000009842 36 -100%
2012 45 0.000012304 7 38 -69%
2013 31 0.000008503 31 -100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 -100%
2015 36 0.000009727 36 -100%
2016 31 0.00000845 31 -100%
2017 28 0.00000783 28 -100%
2018 35 0.000009955 35 -100%
2019 39 0.000011236 8 31 -59%
2020 41 0.000012273 7 34 -66%
2021 40 0.000011807 7 33 -65%
2022 43 0.00001271 43 -100%
2023 29 0.000008758 9 20 -38%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 -100%

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