Mercer*
#3,647 most common boys' name of all time · #8,893 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,647
Rank overall
#8,893 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
1,558
Since 2016
487
Peak year
2016 #2,729
Best rank
#977 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 61/yr
Mercer first appears in 1881. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 52 | 57 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 10 | 40 | 50 | #3,050 |
| 2023 | 11 | 34 | 45 | #3,421 |
| 2022 | 7 | 34 | 41 | #3,419 |
| 2021 | 11 | 40 | 51 | #3,024 |
| 2020 | 11 | 32 | 43 | #3,421 |
| 2019 | 5 | 37 | 42 | #3,146 |
| 2018 | 11 | 38 | 49 | #3,058 |
| 2017 | 14 | 34 | 48 | #3,315 |
| 2016 | 17 | 44 | 61 | #2,729 |
| 2015 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #3,091 |
| 2014 | 16 | 28 | 44 | #3,698 |
| 2013 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #3,666 |
| 2012 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #4,871 |
| 2011 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #3,798 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #5,487 |
| 2009 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #4,932 |
| 2008 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #4,911 |
| 2007 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,697 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #8,756 |
| 2005 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,591 |
| 2004 | 10 | 17 | 27 | #4,802 |
| 2003 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #5,570 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,544 |
| 2001 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,682 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,937 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,778 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,484 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,001 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,910 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,674 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,995 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,153 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,409 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,448 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,280 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,357 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,537 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,929 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,285 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,598 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,939 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,471 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,308 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,912 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,730 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,350 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,273 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,608 |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,911 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,772 |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,818 |
| 1941 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,921 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,699 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,538 |
| 1938 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,713 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,603 |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,568 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,725 |
| 1933 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,243 |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,358 |
| 1930 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,104 |
| 1929 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,958 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,393 |
| 1927 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,486 |
| 1926 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #2,004 |
| 1925 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1924 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,975 |
| 1923 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,709 |
| 1922 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,065 |
| 1921 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,084 |
| 1920 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,765 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,572 |
| 1917 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,007 |
| 1916 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,284 |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,341 |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,891 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,539 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,092 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,641 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,336 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,010 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #977 |