Mercy Girl
How popular is Mercy?
#862 girl name in 2025
313 baby girls were named Mercy in the US in 2025, making it the 862nd most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
Mercy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #862 for girls (▼ 17 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 313 girls, 25 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,011 in 2015, #801 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (441 girls) |
| Highest rank | #582 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mercy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mercy family of names ranked #715 for girls in 2025 (#745 the year before), with 368 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy | 313 | 85% |
| Merci | 44 | 12% |
| Mercie | 11 | 3% |
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 Mercy is most popular
Babies named Mercy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Mercy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #582 |
| 1890s | 25 | #1,171 |
| 1900s | 61 | #1,250 |
| 1910s | 187 | #1,344 |
| 1920s | 359 | #1,015 |
| 1930s | 368 | #1,005 |
| 1940s | 397 | #1,162 |
| 1950s | 494 | #1,212 |
| 1960s | 371 | #1,541 |
| 1970s | 531 | #1,448 |
| 1980s | 421 | #2,069 |
| 1990s | 677 | #1,572 |
| 2000s | 1,533 | #1,265 |
| 2010s | 3,136 | #661 |
| 2020s | 2,019 | #780 |
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Questions
- Is Mercy a boy or girl name?
- Mercy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Mercy were girls.
- How popular is the name Mercy?
- 313 baby girls were named Mercy in the US in 2025, making it the 862nd most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
- When was Mercy most popular?
- Mercy peaked in 2019, when 441 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #582 in 1881.
- How many people are named Mercy?
- 10,864 babies have been named Mercy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,550 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Mercy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mercy was most common in Iowa, at 0.6 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.