Pierce
3% girls · 97% boys
About Pierce
Actor Pierce Brosnan brings a strong helping of charm to this name. Pierce was actually a popular name long before Mr. Brosnan came along, from 1880 to the end of the 1930s.
Pierce for boys#505 US
Pierce Brosnan inspired the return of the name in the 1980s, and it's still going strong. Pierce is actually pronounced differently from father name Piers, which has more of a z sound at the end.
About 500 baby boys were named Pierce in the US last year....and about 30 baby girls.
Pierce for girls#6061 US
Actor Pierce Brosnan made his sharp-sounding name famous, and now it's given to a couple dozen baby girls per year too.
Pronounced PEERS.
As of October 2026, Pierce ranked #505 for boys and #6061 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #394 for boys in 1886 and #4445 for girls in 2022, Nameberry popularity #481 for boys.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #469 | 621 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #466 | 648 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #474 | 647 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #523 | 547 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #490 | 588 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #490 | 590 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #503 | 580 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #502 | 585 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #571 | 518 | #4,445 | 32 |
| 2023 | #546 | 537 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #540 | 553 | #4,734 | 29 |
| 2025 | #505 | 598 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Pierce for boys
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Pierce on lists
Famous Pierces
- Pierce Brendan BrosnanBoy
Irish actor
- Pierce ButlerBoy
U.S. Founding Father and Senator from North Carolina
- Pierce GagnonBoy
American child actor
- Neil Mallon Pierce BushBoy
son of U.S. President George H.W. Bush; brother of President George W. Bush; named for his mother Barbara Pierce Bush
- Pierce Bush (b. 1986)Boy
son of Neil Bush; grandson of President George H.W. Bush
- Pierce Rinfret (b. 2010)Boy
son of TV presenter Melissa Porter and Peter Rinfret
- Franklin PierceBoy
14th President of the United States
- Pierce Alexander Bryan (b. 2019)Boy
son of Zachery & Carly Bryan
Pierce in pop culture
- Pierce WashingtonBoy
character in the video game franchise "Saints Row"
- Piercinald Anastasia "Pierce" HawthorneBoy
character on TV's "Community"
- Pierce Morehouse PatchettBoy
character in movie "L.A. Confidential"
- PierceBoy
a character on TV's "Alien Dawn"
- Dr. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" PierceBoy
character from the TV series and film "M*A*S*H"
- Pierce the VeilBoy
American post,hardcore band