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How popular is the name Pearce?
Births per year, rank history and how many Pearces are alive today.
Pearce (male), a spelling of Pierce, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 4810th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 19 babies were given the name, the 784th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Pierce you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Pierces born in England and Wales are between 22 and 33, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Pierce - on average, only one in every 217 such rooms contains a Pierce.
How many babies are named Pearce each year?
Includes all spellings: Pearce, Pierce. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Pearce spelling rank?
Where does the Pierce spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Pearce most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Pierce, peaked in 1996, when 80 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Pearce spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 19 babies.
How many people are called Pearce?
At least 1,400 people named Pearce in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Pearce?
Most living Pearces are between 22 and 33; the most common age is about 30.
Is Pearce becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.