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
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 1,798 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 46,206since 1880
Mercedes over time
Rank among girls' names. Mercedes has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,436 | 150 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,446 | 152 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,415 | 158 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,239 | 194 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,215 | 195 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,271 | 176 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,196 | 196 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,071 | 237 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,046 | 246 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,037 | 255 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,078 | 244 | — | |
| 2014 | #984 | 271 | — | |
| 2013 | #857 | 301 | — | |
| 2012 | #706 | 398 | — | |
| 2011 | #752 | 366 | — | |
| 2010 | #665 | 436 | — | |
| 2009 | #645 | 457 | — | |
| 2008 | #524 | 583 | — | |
| 2007 | #489 | 664 | — | |
| 2006 | #437 | 730 | — | |
| 2005 | #382 | 817 | — | |
| 2004 | #337 | 952 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #331 | 949 | — | |
| 2002 | #292 | 1,069 | — | |
| 2001 | #283 | 1,099 | — | |
| 2000 | #285 | 1,134 | — | |
| 1999 | #262 | 1,207 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #225 | 1,376 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #241 | 1,244 | — | |
| 1996 | #210 | 1,390 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #191 | 1,543 | — | |
| 1994 | #189 | 1,571 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #171 | 1,779 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #178 | 1,729 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #164 | 1,798 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #176 | 1,654 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #224 | 1,220 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #395 | 609 | #2,255 | 27 |
| 1987 | #501 | 427 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #531 | 384 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #551 | 359 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #607 | 294 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #576 | 311 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #595 | 304 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #685 | 254 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #693 | 248 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #735 | 223 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #717 | 220 | — | |
| 1977 | #738 | 209 | — | |
| 1976 | #721 | 203 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #702 | 211 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #798 | 169 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #787 | 168 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #738 | 189 | — | |
| 1971 | #766 | 191 | — | |
| 1970 | #731 | 202 | — | |
| 1969 | #796 | 167 | — | |
| 1968 | #804 | 157 | — | |
| 1967 | #767 | 164 | — | |
| 1966 | #783 | 158 | — | |
| 1965 | #761 | 169 | — | |
| 1964 | #786 | 173 | — | |
| 1963 | #758 | 184 | — | |
| 1962 | #776 | 180 | — | |
| 1961 | #781 | 180 | — | |
| 1960 | #796 | 167 | — | |
| 1959 | #768 | 176 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #728 | 184 | — | |
| 1957 | #771 | 168 | — | |
| 1956 | #699 | 187 | — | |
| 1955 | #750 | 159 | — | |
| 1954 | #692 | 183 | — | |
| 1953 | #719 | 159 | — | |
| 1952 | #708 | 158 | — | |
| 1951 | #635 | 188 | — | |
| 1950 | #640 | 179 | — | |
| 1949 | #692 | 148 | — | |
| 1948 | #725 | 136 | — | |
| 1947 | #701 | 146 | — | |
| 1946 | #646 | 149 | — | |
| 1945 | #585 | 156 | — | |
| 1944 | #663 | 124 | — | |
| 1943 | #654 | 134 | — | |
| 1942 | #679 | 120 | — | |
| 1941 | #647 | 120 | — | |
| 1940 | #598 | 135 | — | |
| 1939 | #512 | 170 | — | |
| 1938 | #503 | 177 | — | |
| 1937 | #466 | 197 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #511 | 163 | — | |
| 1935 | #477 | 175 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #496 | 168 | — | |
| 1933 | #480 | 176 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #485 | 186 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #443 | 212 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #439 | 234 | — | |
| 1929 | #406 | 266 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #426 | 252 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #402 | 291 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #411 | 273 | — | |
| 1925 | #397 | 295 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #380 | 319 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #403 | 276 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #430 | 239 | — | |
| 1921 | #387 | 299 | — | |
| 1920 | #369 | 318 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #438 | 225 | — | |
| 1918 | #431 | 236 | — | |
| 1917 | #397 | 253 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #411 | 227 | — | |
| 1915 | #394 | 232 | — | |
| 1914 | #409 | 167 | — | |
| 1913 | #432 | 131 | — | |
| 1912 | #425 | 122 | — | |
| 1911 | #424 | 92 | — | |
| 1910 | #440 | 82 | — | |
| 1909 | #431 | 73 | — | |
| 1908 | #453 | 64 | — | |
| 1907 | #432 | 68 | — | |
| 1906 | #472 | 52 | — | |
| 1905 | #433 | 60 | — | |
| 1904 | #407 | 62 | — | |
| 1903 | #565 | 33 | — | |
| 1902 | #467 | 44 | — | |
| 1901 | #630 | 25 | — | |
| 1900 | #481 | 49 | — | |
| 1899 | #498 | 35 | — | |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 | — | |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #610 | 26 | — | |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 | — | |
| 1894 | #586 | 25 | — | |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | — | |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | — | |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 | — | |
| 1890 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
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.
See more about Mercedes
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1991 at #164 (1,798 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1882–2014
- 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
- 33.1% of all girls named Mercedes (15,291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #724 (1889) | #794 |
| 1890s | 226 | #498 (1899) | #644 |
| 1900s | 530 | #407 (1904) | #477 |
| 1910s | 1,767 | #394 (1915) | #420 |
| 1920s | 2,828 | #369 (1920) | #401 |
| 1930s | 1,858 | #439 (1930) | #481 |
| 1940s | 1,368 | #585 (1945) | #659 |
| 1950s | 1,741 | #635 (1951) | #711 |
| 1960s | 1,699 | #758 (1963) | #781 |
| 1970s | 1,985 | #702 (1975) | #743 |
| 1980s | 4,410 | #224 (1989) | #536 |
| 1990s | 15,291 | #164 (1991) | #201 |
| 2000s | 8,454 | #283 (2001) | #401 |
| 2010s | 2,950 | #665 (2010) | #939 |
| 2020s | 1,025 | #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 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 1,066 of them was named Mercedes, which outranked 98.9% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 153,647 of them was named Mercedes, which outranked 55.9% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,114Zaccary14
- #4,114Zakry14
- #4,114Zan14
- #4,327Mercedes13
- #4,327Abdulaziz13
- #4,327Abhishek13
- #4,327Adrean13
- #4,564Aaryn12
- #4,564Aasim12
- #4,564Abayomi12
Tied with 236 names at #4,327; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.