Mercedes
Mercedes is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 151 births. Its best rank was 164th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1510.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19911,798 births
- Best rank
- #164in 1991
- Since 1880
- 46,052people given the name
The story in the numbers
46,052 girls have been named Mercedes in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 1,798 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 33%. It has spent 133 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Mercedes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | |
| 1890s | 226 | |
| 1900s | 530 | |
| 1910s | 1,767 | |
| 1920s | 2,828 | |
| 1930s | 1,858 | |
| 1940s | 1,368 | |
| 1950s | 1,742 | |
| 1960s | 1,699 | |
| 1970s | 1,984 | |
| 1980s | 4,411 | |
| 1990s | 15,291 | |
| 2000s | 8,452 | |
| 2010s | 2,950 | |
| 2020s | 872 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Mercedes was the 164th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Mercedes
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Chinapeak 1992
- Madelainepeak 1998
- Marenapeak 1994
- Clarissapeak 1995
- Ivonpeak 1997
- Emilypeak 1999
- Clarisapeak 1994
- Kassandrapeak 1993
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.