How Many People Are Named Merci?
people named Merci are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 328,323 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,055 babies named Merci in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
74 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Merci, 93.9% were girls and 6.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Merci fell from 100% in the 2000s to 84.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merci alive today is about 14 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merci first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 2019, to 74 babies. In 2025, 55 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Merci has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,556, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #3,501.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,501 |
| Best rank | #2,556 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,075 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merci alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merci were born in Texas than in any other state: about 62 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merci was given about 3.8 times as often in Texas.
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