Mercia
#23,653 most common girls' name of all time · #38,459 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1918–2016
Rank among girls
#23,653
Rank overall
#38,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
114
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1919 #3,444
Best rank
#3,444 1919
Girls
Boys
peak 9/yr
Mercia first appears in 1918. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,442 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,673 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,025 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,543 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,063 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,414 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,582 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,094 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,934 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,915 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,047 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,040 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,134 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,348 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,378 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,952 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,444 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,773 |