How Many People Are Named Mercy?
people named Mercy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,000 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,864 babies named Mercy in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
461 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word mercy, ultimately from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Mercy, 97.6% were girls and 2.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 97.4% of the babies were girls then and 93.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mercy alive today is about 22 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mercy first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2019, to 461 babies. In 2025, 338 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mercy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #611, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #867.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #867 |
| Best rank | #611 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #875 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mercy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mercy were born in California than in any other state: about 1,398 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mercy was given 3.2 times as often in Arizona, 1.8 times in California and 1.5 times in Texas.
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