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How popular is “Pierce” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pierce” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Pierce” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pierce” 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
1880 16 0.000079411 16 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 -100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 -100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 -100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 17 0.000036529 17 -100%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 19 0.00002949 19 -100%
1912 25 0.000025302 25 -100%
1913 36 0.000031659 36 -100%
1914 40 0.000028242 40 -100%
1915 48 0.000026195 48 -100%
1916 57 0.000029466 57 -100%
1917 58 0.000028902 58 -100%
1918 58 0.000026714 58 -100%
1919 61 0.000028907 61 -100%
1920 57 0.000025192 57 -100%
1921 65 0.000027843 65 -100%
1922 62 0.000027084 62 -100%
1923 53 0.000023019 53 -100%
1924 75 0.000031491 75 -100%
1925 56 0.000024 56 -100%
1926 43 0.000018729 43 -100%
1927 49 0.000021127 49 -100%
1928 59 0.000026095 59 -100%
1929 41 0.000018703 41 -100%
1930 55 0.000024738 55 -100%
1931 49 0.000023285 49 -100%
1932 37 0.000017525 37 -100%
1933 39 0.000019505 39 -100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 -100%
1935 32 0.000015312 32 -100%
1936 48 0.000023104 48 -100%
1937 47 0.000022059 47 -100%
1938 32 0.000014463 32 -100%
1939 42 0.000019061 42 -100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 -100%
1941 38 0.000015597 38 -100%
1942 33 0.00001208 33 -100%
1943 37 0.000013109 37 -100%
1944 41 0.000015241 41 -100%
1945 23 0.00000867 23 -100%
1946 43 0.000013457 43 -100%
1947 37 0.000010271 37 -100%
1948 41 0.000011875 41 -100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 -100%
1950 31 0.000008849 31 -100%
1951 35 0.000009501 35 -100%
1952 28 0.000007372 28 -100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 -100%
1954 40 0.000010048 40 -100%
1955 36 0.000008966 36 -100%
1956 30 0.000007276 30 -100%
1957 33 0.000007853 33 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 29 0.000006975 29 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 -100%
1961 32 0.000007725 32 -100%
1962 25 0.000006195 25 -100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 -100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 -100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 -100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 -100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 -100%
1983 55 0.000015881 55 -100%
1984 85 0.000024364 85 -100%
1985 107 0.000029979 107 -100%
1986 89 0.000025021 89 -100%
1987 101 0.000028012 101 -100%
1988 137 0.000037077 137 -100%
1989 144 0.000037457 144 -100%
1990 136 0.000034409 136 -100%
1991 140 0.000035941 140 -100%
1992 202 0.000052587 202 -100%
1993 208 0.000055168 208 -100%
1994 222 0.000059715 222 -100%
1995 223 0.000060893 223 -100%
1996 316 0.000086642 7 309 -96%
1997 308 0.000084948 308 -100%
1998 312 0.000084824 312 -100%
1999 348 0.00009421 10 338 -94%
2000 468 0.000123813 10 458 -96%
2001 399 0.000106588 399 -100%
2002 445 0.000119038 7 438 -97%
2003 520 0.000136759 8 512 -97%
2004 486 0.000127194 8 478 -97%
2005 510 0.000132645 8 502 -97%
2006 465 0.000117537 11 454 -95%
2007 553 0.00013833 9 544 -97%
2008 550 0.000139925 12 538 -96%
2009 575 0.000150517 575 -100%
2010 559 0.000151255 12 547 -96%
2011 575 0.000157199 10 565 -97%
2012 584 0.000159678 14 570 -95%
2013 623 0.000170888 15 608 -95%
2014 632 0.000170517 11 621 -97%
2015 668 0.000180496 20 648 -94%
2016 661 0.000180173 14 647 -96%
2017 562 0.00015715 15 547 -95%
2018 607 0.000172644 19 588 -94%
2019 612 0.000176321 22 590 -93%
2020 604 0.000180807 24 580 -92%
2021 605 0.000178574 20 585 -93%
2022 550 0.000162571 32 518 -88%
2023 559 0.000168821 22 537 -92%
2024 582 0.000174853 29 553 -90%

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