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Pierson

Pierson: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“son of Piers”
Origin
English
Say it
PEER-sun · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (97% of all uses)

An English surname from the medieval given name Piers, a form of Peter. As a first name, it follows the surname-style pattern.

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How popular is Pierson?

202440.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Pierson in 2024134

2024 rank#1,455 boys

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 18803,494

Pierson has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Pierson

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Peterrock; stone · Greek
  • Pedrorock; stone · Spanish
  • Piercerock · English
  • Pierrerock; stone · French
  • Petrarock, stone · Greek
  • Peterock, stone · Greek
  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English

Pierson questions

What does the name Pierson mean?

Pierson means "son of Piers". It comes from English. An English surname from the medieval given name Piers, a form of Peter. As a first name, it follows the surname-style pattern.

Is Pierson a boy or girl name?

Pierson is mainly a boy's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Pierson?

134 US babies were named Pierson in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Pierson?

Pierson is usually pronounced PEER-sun.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.