Mercury
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#7679
recorded as boys
Up 86 since 2024
Babies in 2025
10
boys 10
Peak year
2023
16 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
300
since 1972
Born a Mercury? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Mercury was most popular in 2023, when 16 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 10 babies were named Mercury, ranking #7679 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 51%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 10 | 7679 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 10 | 7765 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6922 | 16 | 5666 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7631 | 14 | 6147 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8978 | 15 | 5776 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7212 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11356 | 9 | 8215 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11427 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 5 | 15902 | 11 | 7095 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14331 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16419 | 9 | 8040 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 7 | 9642 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15242 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 5 | 10556 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 6 | 4441 |
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Recorded as girls 31% · boys 69% across all years