How Many People Are Named Paul Pierce?

There are approximately 409 people named Paul Pierce living in the United States today. That makes this name combination uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 838,030 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Paul with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Pierce. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and ancestry information.

Estimated People with This Name

409

1 in 838,030 Americans

Combination Rarity

Uncommon

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Paul

Last Name

Pierce

Paul: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Paul. The peak year was 1957 with 27,075 births. The average person named Paul today is 59 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the Pierce Surname

Self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people with the surname Pierce, from the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau.

White

80.98%

Black

12.86%

Hispanic

2.47%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.53%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.06%

Two or More Races

2.10%

How we calculated this

The first name "Paul" has an estimated frequency of 0.254% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Pierce" appears at a rate of 47.00 per 100,000 people in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 409 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Paul

Paul Smith Paul Johnson Paul Williams Paul Brown Paul Jones Paul Garcia Paul Miller Paul Wilson

Other people with the surname Pierce