Mercy
#1,540 most common girls' name of all time · #2,665 across all names · 2% boys / 98% girls · used 1881–2025
Rank among girls
#1,540
Rank overall
#2,665 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
10,864
Since 2016
3,775
Peak year
2019 #661
Best rank
#619 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 461/yr
Mercy 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 | 313 | 25 | 338 | #864 |
| 2024 | 320 | 24 | 344 | #845 |
| 2023 | 329 | 28 | 357 | #834 |
| 2022 | 355 | 21 | 376 | #796 |
| 2021 | 363 | 20 | 383 | #780 |
| 2020 | 339 | 17 | 356 | #801 |
| 2019 | 441 | 20 | 461 | #661 |
| 2018 | 392 | 13 | 405 | #725 |
| 2017 | 367 | 16 | 383 | #758 |
| 2016 | 360 | 12 | 372 | #791 |
| 2015 | 265 | 11 | 276 | #1,011 |
| 2014 | 289 | 9 | 298 | #933 |
| 2013 | 314 | 6 | 320 | #838 |
| 2012 | 255 | — | 255 | #988 |
| 2011 | 246 | — | 246 | #1,017 |
| 2010 | 207 | — | 207 | #1,179 |
| 2009 | 193 | — | 193 | #1,265 |
| 2008 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,345 |
| 2007 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,371 |
| 2006 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,390 |
| 2005 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,363 |
| 2004 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,388 |
| 2003 | 156 | — | 156 | #1,319 |
| 2002 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,439 |
| 2000 | 112 | 5 | 117 | #1,580 |
| 1999 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,806 |
| 1998 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,050 |
| 1997 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,574 |
| 1996 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,753 |
| 1995 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,986 |
| 1994 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,237 |
| 1993 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,420 |
| 1992 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,615 |
| 1991 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,487 |
| 1990 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,348 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,624 |
| 1988 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,544 |
| 1987 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,535 |
| 1986 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,850 |
| 1985 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,257 |
| 1984 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,736 |
| 1983 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,365 |
| 1982 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,190 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,088 |
| 1980 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,073 |
| 1979 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,859 |
| 1978 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,438 |
| 1977 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,909 |
| 1976 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,213 |
| 1975 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,463 |
| 1974 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,448 |
| 1973 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,626 |
| 1972 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,679 |
| 1971 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,758 |
| 1970 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,808 |
| 1969 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1968 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,367 |
| 1967 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,169 |
| 1966 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,101 |
| 1965 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,070 |
| 1964 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,754 |
| 1963 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,792 |
| 1962 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,039 |
| 1961 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,045 |
| 1960 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,545 |
| 1959 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,626 |
| 1958 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,410 |
| 1957 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,494 |
| 1956 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,669 |
| 1955 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,357 |
| 1954 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,216 |
| 1953 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,345 |
| 1952 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,419 |
| 1950 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,531 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,773 |
| 1948 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,478 |
| 1947 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,493 |
| 1946 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,295 |
| 1945 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,253 |
| 1944 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,239 |
| 1943 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,330 |
| 1942 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,171 |
| 1941 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,172 |
| 1940 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,208 |
| 1939 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,201 |
| 1938 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,254 |
| 1937 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,120 |
| 1936 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,153 |
| 1935 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,166 |
| 1934 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1932 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,345 |
| 1930 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,148 |
| 1929 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,022 |
| 1928 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,139 |
| 1927 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,180 |
| 1926 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,396 |
| 1925 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,353 |
| 1924 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,174 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,683 |
| 1922 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,618 |
| 1921 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,640 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,557 |
| 1919 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #1,455 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,609 |
| 1917 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1915 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1914 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,353 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,917 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,869 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,388 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,548 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,399 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,893 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,100 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,966 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,288 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,473 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,471 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,713 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,585 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,312 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,470 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,203 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,244 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | 10 | #864 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,304 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,072 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,029 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,064 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | 5 | #970 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | 7 | #782 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | 9 | #619 |