Mercy
Mercy is ranked 849th among girls in 2024 (318 births). Its best rank was 611th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #849down 15 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3180.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2019439 births
- Best rank
- #611in 1881
- Since 1881
- 10,313people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,313 girls have been named Mercy in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 439 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Mercy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | |
| 1890s | 25 | |
| 1900s | 61 | |
| 1910s | 187 | |
| 1920s | 359 | |
| 1930s | 368 | |
| 1940s | 397 | |
| 1950s | 494 | |
| 1960s | 371 | |
| 1970s | 530 | |
| 1980s | 421 | |
| 1990s | 677 | |
| 2000s | 1,532 | |
| 2010s | 3,134 | |
| 2020s | 1,704 |
In 2019, its biggest year
Mercy was the 662nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2019 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Mercy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Camillapeak 2019
- Luciapeak 2024
- Julietpeak 2016
- Juliettepeak 2024
- Elenapeak 2024
- Millypeak 2014
- Josephinapeak 2023
- Eliapeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
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.