Mercy
Rank in 2025
#862
recorded as girls
#4139
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
338
girls 313 · boys 25
Peak year
2019
441 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
10,864
since 1881
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Mercy was most popular in 2019, when 441 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.26 per 1,000). In 2025, 313 babies were named Mercy, ranking #862 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 313 | 862 | 25 | 4139 |
| 2024 | 320 | 845 | 24 | 4321 |
| 2023 | 329 | 834 | 28 | 3883 |
| 2022 | 355 | 796 | 21 | 4701 |
| 2021 | 363 | 780 | 20 | 4780 |
| 2020 | 339 | 801 | 17 | 5235 |
| 2019 | 441 | 661 | 20 | 4806 |
| 2018 | 392 | 725 | 13 | 6345 |
| 2017 | 367 | 758 | 16 | 5526 |
| 2016 | 360 | 791 | 12 | 6726 |
| 2015 | 265 | 1011 | 11 | 7066 |
| 2014 | 289 | 933 | 9 | 8130 |
| 2013 | 314 | 838 | 6 | 10728 |
| 2012 | 255 | 988 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 246 | 1017 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 207 | 1178 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 193 | 1265 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 182 | 1345 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 176 | 1370 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 163 | 1390 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 159 | 1362 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 150 | 1387 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 156 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 111 | 1654 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 131 | 1438 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 112 | 1577 | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | 88 | 1804 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 72 | 2048 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 102 | 1574 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 85 | 1752 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 69 | 1982 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 59 | 2232 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 52 | 2417 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 47 | 2612 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 50 | 2484 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 53 | 2345 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 43 | 2618 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 42 | 2539 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 40 | 2531 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 33 | 2845 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 45 | 2253 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 33 | 2730 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 40 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 46 | 2185 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 49 | 2085 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 50 | 2069 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 57 | 1857 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 36 | 2431 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 52 | 1901 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 38 | 2210 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 70 | 1459 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 69 | 1448 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 56 | 1622 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 53 | 1674 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 51 | 1754 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 49 | 1804 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 47 | 1784 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 27 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 30 | 2167 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 31 | 2094 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 32 | 2064 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 44 | 1747 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 42 | 1787 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 33 | 2031 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 33 | 2036 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 52 | 1542 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 45 | 1617 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 57 | 1409 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 51 | 1491 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 41 | 1662 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 55 | 1356 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 68 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 52 | 1344 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 44 | 1454 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 44 | 1415 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 37 | 1524 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 29 | 1767 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 39 | 1473 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 40 | 1488 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 45 | 1290 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 41 | 1249 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 41 | 1236 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 38 | 1327 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 46 | 1162 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 41 | 1166 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 37 | 1203 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 37 | 1194 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 34 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 41 | 1116 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 38 | 1150 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 37 | 1162 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 47 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 28 | 1364 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 34 | 1237 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 30 | 1336 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 42 | 1144 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 51 | 1015 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 45 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 43 | 1172 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 33 | 1388 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 35 | 1347 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 45 | 1170 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 25 | 1672 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 27 | 1611 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 27 | 1625 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 28 | 1550 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 29 | 1445 | 5 | 4168 |
| 1918 | 25 | 1600 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 25 | 1507 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 29 | 1357 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 14 | 2143 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 22 | 1344 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 11 | 1883 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 10 | 1844 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 12 | 1372 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | 1521 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 10 | 1369 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | 1862 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | 2061 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 7 | 1438 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | 1679 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 7 | 1561 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 7 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 6 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 10 | 839 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | 1276 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 6 | 1036 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 5 | 1024 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | 920 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 7 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 9 | 582 | <5 | — |
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Where Mercy is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 98% · boys 2% across all years