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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Pier” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pier” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Pier” 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 “Pier” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Pier” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pier” 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
1953 11 0.000002854 11 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 8 5 23%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 100%
1957 35 0.000008329 35 100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 100%
1959 27 0.000006494 27 100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 100%
1961 24 0.000005794 17 7 42%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 100%
1963 18 0.000004548 13 5 44%
1964 18 0.00000463 12 6 33%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1982 15 0.000004276 8 7 7%
1983 14 0.000004042 6 8 -14%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 5 5 0%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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