Pearse
Boy6 letters
#509
in Ireland (2025)
#492 with spellings combined
6
babies in 2025
#93
best rank (1966)
578
babies since 1965
Down 198
10-year rank change
Pearse through the years
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| Year | Babies (boys) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #492 |
| 2024 | 6 | #501 |
| 2023 | 6 | #497 |
| 2022 | 4 | #634 |
| 2021 | 6 | #479 |
| 2020 | 10 | #369 |
| 2019 | 12 | #324 |
| 2018 | 10 | #359 |
| 2017 | 11 | #356 |
| 2016 | 24 | #224 |
| 2015 | 15 | #294 |
| 2014 | 15 | #302 |
| 2013 | 11 | #352 |
| 2012 | 8 | #430 |
| 2011 | 11 | #366 |
| 2010 | 7 | #448 |
| 2009 | 12 | #322 |
| 2008 | 8 | #412 |
| 2007 | 19 | #226 |
| 2006 | 7 | #355 |
| 2005 | 12 | #247 |
| 2004 | 15 | #203 |
| 2003 | 12 | #228 |
| 2002 | 7 | #292 |
| 2001 | 12 | #209 |
| 2000 | 12 | #196 |
| 1999 | 10 | #203 |
| 1997 | 11 | #224 |
| 1996 | 12 | #200 |
| 1995 | 11 | #206 |
| 1994 | 7 | #237 |
| 1993 | 10 | #205 |
| 1992 | 10 | #202 |
| 1991 | 5 | #263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #229 |
| 1989 | 3 | #307 |
| 1987 | 4 | #272 |
| 1986 | 10 | #203 |
| 1985 | 4 | #269 |
| 1984 | 3 | #318 |
| 1983 | 6 | #237 |
| 1982 | 13 | #179 |
| 1981 | 10 | #206 |
| 1980 | 9 | #222 |
| 1979 | 15 | #176 |
| 1978 | 7 | #231 |
| 1977 | 14 | #179 |
| 1976 | 6 | #241 |
| 1975 | 4 | #290 |
| 1974 | 9 | #218 |
| 1973 | 5 | #268 |
| 1972 | 5 | #254 |
| 1971 | 9 | #204 |
| 1970 | 8 | #206 |
| 1969 | 8 | #206 |
| 1968 | 6 | #207 |
| 1967 | 11 | #164 |
| 1966 | 44 | #93 |
| 1965 | 4 | #222 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.
We haven't written up the meaning and story of Pearse yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.
Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Pearse | 6 | 578 |
In Northern Ireland
#199 in 2025 with 10 babies. Best rank #85 (2004); 522 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.