Boy
Pierre
As a boy's name, Pierre traces back to French, where it is understood to mean "French form of Peter". It has faded some since the 1980s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. Since 1900, roughly 17,501 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
FrenchFrench form of Peter
GreekGreek "petros" – "rock"
Births by decade
1900s
92
1910s
328
1920s
559
1930s
615
1940s
764
1950s
1,560
1960s
2,167
1970s
1,705
1980s
4,092
1990s
2,365
2000s
1,750
2010s
1,504
Peaked in the 1980s · 17,501 total U.S. births since 1900