How Many People Are Named Mercedes?
people named Mercedes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,009 people in the US has this name
Based on 46,575 babies named Mercedes in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,808 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, María de las Mercedes, meaning "Mary of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Mercedes, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mercedes alive today is about 33 years old, and 46% are under 30. Half of them were between 23 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mercedes first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1991, to 1,808 babies. In 2025, 150 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mercedes has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #164, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #1,439.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,439 |
| Best rank | #164 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #189 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mercedes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mercedes were born in California than in any other state: about 5,269 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mercedes was given 2.6 times as often in New Mexico, 1.9 times in Arizona and 1.9 times in Louisiana.
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