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Pierre

Boy's name · #1253 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Pierre's best rank, #389, came in 1986; it has settled back to #1253 today. Roughly 19,000 boys have been named Pierre since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#206 in France (2025) · #401 in Belgium (2025) · #780 in Ecuador (2025) · #786 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #2,392 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,002 in Canada (2024).

Famous Pierres

• Pierre Curie — French physicist (1859–1906)
• Pierre de Coubertin — Founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863–1937)
• Pierre de Fermat — French mathematician and lawyer
• Pierre Corneille — French tragedian (1606–1684)
• Pierre Trudeau — Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)

In stories & tradition

• Pierre Brassau — Male chimpanzee painter, subject of a 1964 hoax
• Pierre Bezukhov — War and Peace (book)
• Pierre Chang — Lost (TV series)

What Pierres become

Among 13,627 notable people named Pierre:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.52× more often than among typical names — e.g. Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer.

Similar names: Rolando · Pierce · Sire · Dominique · Rene · Gino

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