How Many People Are Named Piers Anthony?
There are approximately 1 people named Piers Anthony living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Piers with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Anthony. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
1
1 in 342,754,338 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Piers: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Piers. The peak year was 2013 with 20 births. The average person named Piers today is 20 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Piers
In the 2020 Census, the first name Piers was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (77.80%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (7.32%) and Hispanic (6.41%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Piers in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Piers rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Anthony Surname
The surname Anthony was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Anthony in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Piers" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Anthony" appears at a rate of 17.45 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Piers are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Piers Anthony: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Piers Anthony?
We estimate approximately 1 people named Piers Anthony are alive in the United States today. The first name Piers is shared by 284 Americans, and the surname Anthony is shared by 59,809.
How rare is the name Piers Anthony?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Piers is very rare and the surname Anthony is uncommon.
Is Piers a male or female name?
Piers is predominantly male, with 100.0% of bearers being male and 0.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 2013 and the average bearer today is 20 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Piers?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Piers was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (77.80%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (7.32%) and Hispanic (6.41%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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