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Baby name
Pierre
Boy
Origin of the name
Pierre is the French form of Peter, from the Greek petros, “stone.” According to the Gospel, Jesus gave this name to the apostle Simon, the rock on which he would build his Church.
Classic name
19,069births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 414rank at its peak, in 1988
Where babies named Pierre are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Pierre is most common in Louisiana (3.4 times), Illinois (2.9) and New York (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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