Merced*
#4,971 most common boys' name of all time · #12,304 across all names · 81% male / 19% female · used 1905–2021 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,971
Rank overall
#12,304 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
945
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1924 #2,701
Best rank
#1,230 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 23/yr
Merced first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,766 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,784 |
| 2010 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,832 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,364 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,964 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,226 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,900 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,707 |
| 2000 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,326 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,775 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,889 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,206 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,215 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,057 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,849 |
| 1993 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,896 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,916 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #5,567 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #7,260 |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,863 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,273 |
| 1987 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #4,001 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,020 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,858 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,269 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,974 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,010 |
| 1981 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #4,583 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,913 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,222 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,437 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,085 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,003 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,335 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,291 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,698 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,600 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,033 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,077 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,067 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,032 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1961 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,469 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,937 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,121 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,549 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,416 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,008 |
| 1954 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,261 |
| 1953 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,236 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,438 |
| 1951 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,499 |
| 1949 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,394 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,408 |
| 1947 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,120 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,266 |
| 1945 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1942 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,655 |
| 1940 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1939 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,008 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,979 |
| 1937 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,391 |
| 1936 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,018 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,053 |
| 1934 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,199 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,380 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #2,028 |
| 1929 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #3,659 |
| 1928 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,801 |
| 1927 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #2,456 |
| 1926 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #2,980 |
| 1925 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,817 |
| 1924 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #2,701 |
| 1923 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #2,513 |
| 1922 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,874 |
| 1921 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,960 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1919 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,029 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,769 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,808 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,261 |
| 1914 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,366 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,379 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,230 |