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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #164, 1991girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMNIllinois: #456 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,874 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMINew York: #298 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,307 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #341 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,574 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #291 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,193 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedDEArizona: #162 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 577 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #164 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 658 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Mercedes, so not publishedGAHawaii: #138 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 519 girlsHITexas: #493 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,634 girlsTXFlorida: #257 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,402 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#138 · 1 in 519
  2. Arizona#162 · 1 in 577
  3. Louisiana#164 · 1 in 658
  4. Florida#257 · 1 in 1,402
  5. California#291 · 1 in 2,193

Best ever in a state: #20 in Arizona, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#13861 in 519
Arizona#16261 in 577
Louisiana#164291 in 658
Florida#25781 in 1,402
California#291151 in 2,193
New York#298251 in 3,307
Pennsylvania#341151 in 4,574
Illinois#45671 in 6,874
Texas#493151 in 3,634
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1933

girls
#480
176 births · 1 in 5,727 girls
boys
#3,268
6 births · 1 in 165,254 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #480Mercedes176

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #3,268Mercedes6
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 5,727 of them was named Mercedes, which outranked 90.1% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mercedes
  1. #477Maude182
  2. #478Delphine180
  3. #479Elena178
  4. #480Mercedes176
  5. #481Carla175
  6. #481Lorena175
  7. #483Lessie174
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 165,254 of them was named Mercedes, which outranked 21.4% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mercedes
  1. #3,004Yvonne7
  2. #3,004Zeferino7
  3. #3,004Zigmund7
  4. #3,268Mercedes6
  5. #3,268Ada6
  6. #3,268Adalberto6
  7. #3,268Adelard6
  8. #3,642Abbie5
  9. #3,642Adair5
  10. #3,642Adams5

Tied with 373 names at #3,268; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →