Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from the given name Piers, Pierce began to grow slowly in popularity in America in 1982, when actor Pierce Brosnan (1953–) started starring in the television series Remington Steele.
20062006: 454 births, rank #553
2007: 544 births, rank #487
2008: 538 births, rank #506
2009: 575 births, rank #475
2010: 547 births, rank #475
20112011: 565 births, rank #473
2012: 570 births, rank #479
2013: 608 births, rank #462
2014: 621 births, rank #469
2015: 648 births, rank #465
20162016: 647 births, rank #473
2017: 547 births, rank #523
2018: 588 births, rank #490
2019: 590 births, rank #489
2020: 580 births, rank #502
20212021: 585 births, rank #503
2022: 518 births, rank #571
2023: 537 births, rank #546
2024: 554 births, rank #538
20252025: 598 births, rank #505
Pierce rose from #540 to #505 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 648 births.