Pierre

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French. It is a translation of Aramaic ื›ื™ืคื, the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter.

From Wikipedia

Pierre first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 61 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1957 with 79 babies (rank #184 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Pierre

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Pierre yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,507
Total babies (all years)
61
Years in the data
79
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195561#199
195663#203
195779#184
195859#211
195967#206
196065#212
196176#206
196270#220
196359#238
196457#252
196552#264
196669#227
196746#288
196849#274
196944#299
197040#322
197139#325
197235#330
197329#347
197424#402
197524#390
197614#514
197711#583
197818#462
197918#477
198018#493
198114#559
198216#526
198318#485
198411#633
198511#644
198611#661
198712#633
198812#644
198916#578
199016#595
199115#624
19929#750
19939#761
19949#774
19958#802
199612#702
19979#798
199817#601
199915#641
20007#898
20017#913
20029#826
20036#948
20048#840
20054#1,112
20068#827
20074#1,094
20085#992
20095#972
20104#1,057
20112#1,183
20122#1,158
20134#1,021
20144#978
20152#106