Mercer

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Peak · boys
#866
1881 · 5 births
Debut · boys
1881
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,345
since 1881

Mercer over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,286, 1927peak #866, 1881girlsboys
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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#14,9425#2,53952
2024#9,55610#3,04540
2023#8,98911#3,41634
2022#12,2437#3,41234
2021#8,97811#3,02140
2020#8,95311#3,41832
2019#15,5395#3,14337
2018#9,15111#3,05538
2017#7,84014#3,31234
2016#6,90117#2,72644
2015#11,8358#3,08537
2014#7,30216#3,69328
2013#9,03612#3,66128
2012#13,4837#4,86219
2011#16,7645#3,79227
2010#14,9596#5,47816
2009#15,2426#4,92219
2008#13,8327#4,90119
2007—#3,68728
2006#13,6067#8,7328
2005—#5,57814
2004#9,89210#4,79317
2003#15,7845#5,55813
2002—#6,52210
2001—#4,67616
2000—#5,92011
1999—#4,76214
1998—#5,46611
1997——
1996—#7,9716
1995—#8,8685
1994——
1993—#7,6386
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1989—#6,9416
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1977—#5,1236
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1971—#4,3756
1970—#3,8367
1969—#4,4045
1968——
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1966—#3,2497
1965——
1964—#2,8549
1963—#3,3187
1962—#2,50411
1961—#2,9009
1960——
1959—#3,0378
1958—#2,26513
1957—#3,5526
1956——
1955—#3,8865
1954—#2,44911
1953—#2,28712
1952—#2,8758
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,6815
1949——
1948—#2,32611
1947—#2,25112
1946—#2,5349
1945—#2,5748
1944—#1,89014
1943—#2,7328
1942—#1,79916
1941—#1,90314
1940—#2,6718
1939—#3,4805
1938—#2,32610
1937—#2,6808
1936—#3,5495
1935—#2,5299
1934—#3,6795
1933—#2,21411
1932——
1931—#2,32811
1930—#2,07914
1929—#1,93316
1928—#3,3577
1927#4,2866#3,4517
1926#4,3066#1,98116
1925—#1,45126
1924—#1,96417
1923—#1,69621
1922#5,0095#2,04016
1921—#2,05916
1920—#1,74720
1919—#1,75219
1918—#2,54311
1917#4,5945#1,98615
1916—#2,25912
1915—#2,31011
1914—#1,86812
1913—#2,4966
1912—#2,0457
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1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,2776
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1888—#1,0315
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1881—#8665
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Mercer! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Mercer is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedHITexas: #1,908 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,881 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Mercer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,908 · 1 in 21,881

Best ever in a state: #333 in Georgia, 1919.

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Texas#1,90881 in 21,881
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Mercer
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 879 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #2,539)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1881–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,702
  • Highest: 1 in 17,702 boys born in 1899 were named Mercer (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #866 in 1881, was only 1 in 20,147 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Mercer (308) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#866 (1881)#949
1890s6#928 (1899)#928
1900s6#1,277 (1909)#1,277
1910s98#1,589 (1910)#2,094
1920s162#1,451 (1925)#2,168
1930s78#2,079 (1930)#2,763
1940s100#1,799 (1942)#2,298
1950s75#2,265 (1958)#3,011
1960s48#2,504 (1962)#3,205
1970s19#3,836 (1970)#4,445
1980s6#6,941 (1989)#6,941
1990s42#4,762 (1999)#6,941
2000s155#3,687 (2007)#5,529
2010s308#2,726 (2016)#3,681
2020s232#2,539 (2025)#3,142

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

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