Mercedes

#1,436 for girls in 2025, 150 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls 99.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1991 · 1,798 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
46,206
since 1880

Mercedes over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mercedes has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #164, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,436150—
2024#1,446152—
2023#1,415158—
2022#1,239194—
2021#1,215195—
2020#1,271176—
2019#1,196196—
2018#1,071237—
2017#1,046246—
2016#1,037255—
2015#1,078244—
2014#984271—
2013#857301—
2012#706398—
2011#752366—
2010#665436—
2009#645457—
2008#524583—
2007#489664—
2006#437730—
2005#382817—
2004#337952#8,9277
2003#331949—
2002#2921,069—
2001#2831,099—
2000#2851,134—
1999#2621,207#6,5309
1998#2251,376#8,4796
1997#2411,244—
1996#2101,390#7,1367
1995#1911,543—
1994#1891,571#7,7706
1993#1711,779#4,02015
1992#1781,729#4,32713
1991#1641,798#5,09610
1990#1761,654#3,16619
1989#2241,220#2,54525
1988#395609#2,25527
1987#501427#2,83818
1986#531384#2,68419
1985#551359#4,3339
1984#607294#3,70111
1983#576311#4,1419
1982#595304#5,0037
1981#685254#3,85810
1980#693248#3,61511
1979#735223#6,0565
1978#717220—
1977#738209—
1976#721203#3,09512
1975#702211#3,9418
1974#798169#5,2275
1973#787168#5,1015
1972#738189—
1971#766191—
1970#731202—
1969#796167—
1968#804157—
1967#767164—
1966#783158—
1965#761169—
1964#786173—
1963#758184—
1962#776180—
1961#781180—
1960#796167—
1959#768176#3,9885
1958#728184—
1957#771168—
1956#699187—
1955#750159—
1954#692183—
1953#719159—
1952#708158—
1951#635188—
1950#640179—
1949#692148—
1948#725136—
1947#701146—
1946#646149—
1945#585156—
1944#663124—
1943#654134—
1942#679120—
1941#647120—
1940#598135—
1939#512170—
1938#503177—
1937#466197#3,1756
1936#511163—
1935#477175#3,2526
1934#496168—
1933#480176#3,2686
1932#485186#3,7765
1931#443212#2,8648
1930#439234—
1929#406266#2,7669
1928#426252#3,6976
1927#402291#3,1518
1926#411273—
1925#397295#2,9369
1924#380319#2,82210
1923#403276#3,4677
1922#430239—
1921#387299—
1920#369318#4,2865
1919#438225—
1918#431236—
1917#397253#3,5456
1916#411227—
1915#394232—
1914#409167—
1913#432131—
1912#425122—
1911#42492—
1910#44082—
1909#43173—
1908#45364—
1907#43268—
1906#47252—
1905#43360—
1904#40762—
1903#56533—
1902#46744—
1901#63025—
1900#48149—
1899#49835—
1898#55533—
1897#76117—
1896#61026—
1895#57827—
1894#58625—
1893#79414—
1892#70617—
1891#62418—
1890#72714—
1889#72413—
1888#8949—
1887#73310—
1886#73110—
1885#9216—
1884#8517—
1883#8176—
1882#7407—
1881——
1880#7386—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mercedes was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Mercedes is popular in 1908

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Mercedes
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#1,446 → #1,436)
  • 165 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #1,436)
  • 358 spots since 2015 (#1,078 → #1,436)
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1894 (#794 → #586)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1888 (#733 → #894)
Rise & fade · girls
111 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1991 at #164 (1,798 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 134 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1882–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,017
  • Highest: 1 in 1,017 girls born in 1993 were named Mercedes (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,715 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #164 in 1991, was only 1 in 1,043 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Mercedes (15,291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s74#724 (1889)#794
1890s226#498 (1899)#644
1900s530#407 (1904)#477
1910s1,767#394 (1915)#420
1920s2,828#369 (1920)#401
1930s1,858#439 (1930)#481
1940s1,368#585 (1945)#659
1950s1,741#635 (1951)#711
1960s1,699#758 (1963)#781
1970s1,985#702 (1975)#743
1980s4,410#224 (1989)#536
1990s15,291#164 (1991)#201
2000s8,454#283 (2001)#401
2010s2,950#665 (2010)#939
2020s1,025#1,215 (2021)#1,337

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mercedes in 1908

girls
#453
64 births · 1 in 5,224 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #453Mercedes64
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 5,224 of them was named Mercedes, which outranked 81.4% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mercedes
  1. #448Estell65
  2. #448Julie65
  3. #448Tommie65
  4. #453Mercedes64
  5. #453Florine64
  6. #453Mina64
  7. #456Agatha62
  8. #456Avis62
  9. #456Camille62

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,122Bernetta#2,061 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,122Nila#2,061 → #939
  3. ↑ 909Arnetta#1,821 → #912
  4. ↑ 703Edra#1,512 → #809
  5. ↑ 703Hertha#1,512 → #809
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Aurore#840 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,178Tula#923 → #2,101
  3. ↓ 1,111Oneida#990 → #2,101
  4. ↓ 1,043Walter#819 → #1,862
  5. ↓ 1,022Gayle#840 → #1,862

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908 →