Pearson
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning son of Peter; patronymic surname.
Babies a year
61
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Pearson by the numbers
Pearson was given to 61 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Peter
Like Pearson, each of these traces back to Peter: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
- Pierrestone or rock; French form of Peter155 in the US (2017)
- Petestone, rock; a form of Peter56 in the US (2017)
- Pietrostone or rock; a form of Peter16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petarstone; rock; slavic form of Peter5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petrustone, rock; a form of Peter11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petrvariant of Peter; rock or stone5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pearson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Piersonson of Peter; son of the rock129 in the US (2017)
- Paysonson of peace; a modern respelling of Paxson114 in the US (2017)
- Paxsonson of peace; from pax20 in the US (2017)
- Petersonson of Peter; patronymic surname14 in the US (2017)
- Pearsestone or rock; a form of Pierce8 in the US (2017)
- Peyson8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Pearson
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