Mercedes Girl
How popular is Mercedes?
#1,436 girl name in 2025
150 baby girls were named Mercedes in the US in 2025, making it the 1436th most popular girl name.
Mercedes popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,436 for girls (▲ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 150 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,078 in 2015, #1,271 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (1,798 girls) |
| Highest rank | #164 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mercedes counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mercedes family of names ranked #1,170 for girls in 2025 (#1,177 the year before), with 159 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes | 150 | 94% |
| Mercedez | 9 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mercedes is most popular
Babies named Mercedes per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Mercedes by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #724 |
| 1890s | 226 | #498 |
| 1900s | 530 | #407 |
| 1910s | 1,767 | #394 |
| 1920s | 2,828 | #369 |
| 1930s | 1,858 | #439 |
| 1940s | 1,368 | #585 |
| 1950s | 1,741 | #634 |
| 1960s | 1,699 | #758 |
| 1970s | 1,985 | #702 |
| 1980s | 4,410 | #224 |
| 1990s | 15,291 | #164 |
| 2000s | 8,454 | #283 |
| 2010s | 2,950 | #665 |
| 2020s | 1,025 | #1,215 |
Girl names about as popular as Mercedes
Questions
- Is Mercedes a boy or girl name?
- Mercedes is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mercedes were girls.
- How popular is the name Mercedes?
- 150 baby girls were named Mercedes in the US in 2025, making it the 1436th most popular girl name.
- When was Mercedes most popular?
- Mercedes peaked in 1991, when 1,798 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #164 in 1991.
- How many people are named Mercedes?
- 46,575 babies have been named Mercedes in the US since 1880. We estimate about 38,224 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Mercedes most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mercedes was most common in Utah, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.