Peirce

PEHRS /ˈpɛɹs/
boy 2 syllables fading

Peirce is a very rare variant of Percy that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.

Peirce is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Peirce was first reported in SSA data in 1992 and peaked in 1999 (7 births).

About the name Peirce

PronunciationPEHRS /ˈpɛɹs/
7peak births 1999
1992first in SSA data

Names similar to Peirce

How popular is Peirce?

Boys named Peirce
1992199520002005201020152017
Boys named Peirce per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1992–2017 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2017) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Peirce total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201755#13,749
201366#11,795
201155#13,809
200977#10,679
200877#10,732
200766#11,989
200455#12,734
200266#10,328
200177#8,981
200055#11,695
199977#8,482
199866#9,331
19965—#10,128
19955—#9,918
19936—#8,412
19926—#8,192