Pearson is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2019 and remains in steady use.
Pearson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,639 for boy births in the United States (and #7,844 across all names), given to 31 babies. Pearson first appears in 1898 and peaked in 2019 (58 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,639 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | #10,905 | #2,785 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | #17,022 | #3,045 |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | #11,019 | #2,904 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | #10,929 | #2,805 |
| 2020 | 47 | 47 | #16,943 | #2,876 |
| 2019 | 69 | 69 | #9,592 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 48 | 48 | #11,219 | #3,040 |
| 2017 | 61 | 61 | #15,474 | #2,376 |
| 2016 | 57 | 57 | #15,776 | #2,508 |
| 2015 | 56 | 56 | #14,153 | #2,557 |
| 2014 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,970 |
| 2013 | 39 | 39 | #18,615 | #3,247 |
| 2012 | 57 | 57 | #12,008 | #2,583 |
| 2011 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,224 |
| 2010 | 45 | 45 | #16,464 | #2,996 |
| 2009 | 44 | 44 | #16,768 | #3,091 |
| 2008 | 62 | 62 | #11,402 | #2,455 |
| 2007 | 45 | 45 | #13,615 | #3,121 |
| 2006 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,614 |
| 2005 | 36 | 36 | #15,953 | #3,367 |
| 2004 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,134 |
| 2003 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,095 |
| 2002 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,804 |
| 2001 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,724 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,203 |
| 1999 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,444 |
| 1998 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,165 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | — | #4,187 |
| 1996 | 22 | — | — | #3,271 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | — | #3,807 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | — | #5,361 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | — | #4,926 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | — | #4,051 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | — | #5,013 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | — | #4,598 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,746 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,591 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | — | #5,927 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | — | #5,210 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,549 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | — | #4,453 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | — | #5,328 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | — | #7,005 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,404 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | — | #5,588 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #6,071 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #5,459 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,954 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | — | #3,875 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #4,114 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | — | #3,248 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | — | #3,894 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,792 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | — | #2,828 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | — | #3,060 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,395 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | — | #2,807 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #3,110 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | — | #3,939 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #4,085 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | — | #4,037 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | — | #2,416 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,407 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | — | #4,090 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,674 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | — | #3,327 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | — | #3,433 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | — | #3,731 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,467 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | — | #2,475 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | — | #3,154 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | — | #2,040 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | — | #3,122 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | — | #2,271 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | — | #2,413 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,816 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | — | #1,380 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,261 |