Mercury**
#9,618 most common boys' name of all time · #24,320 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,618
Rank overall
#24,320 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
300
Since 2016
187
Peak year
2023 #5,735
Best rank
#3,214 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Mercury first appears in 1972. 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 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,820 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,915 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 32 | #5,735 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 28 | #6,242 |
| 2021 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #5,854 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #12,430 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,395 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,355 |
| 2017 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,235 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,614 |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,250 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,911 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,686 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,965 |
| 2009 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,916 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,011 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,035 |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,726 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,878 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,192 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,161 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,716 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,100 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,214 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,959 |