# Pierson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pierson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɪɹ.sən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Peirson, Pearson |
| US babies named this | 3,633 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,522 / 111 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Piers + -son.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 15,942 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,277 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,729 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,978 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,390 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,264 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,612 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,479 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,705 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,137 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,411 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,950 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,084 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,410 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 120 | 1,394 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,302 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,396 |
| 2014 | 137 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,323 |
| 2016 | 143 | 1,276 |
| 2017 | 130 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 168 | 1,149 |
| 2019 | 146 | 1,279 |
| 2020 | 172 | 1,137 |
| 2021 | 153 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 123 | 1,474 |
| 2023 | 119 | 1,499 |
| 2024 | 124 | 1,467 |
| 2025 | 123 | 1,456 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Pierson

- Ozora P. Stearns, American judge (1831-1896)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.