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Mercy Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Mercy?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Mercy, ranked the 729th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Mercy has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #611 in 1881.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 2018 with 385 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Mercy in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1906.

Mercy, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1910-1916, 1921-1924, 1949-1954, 1971-1974, 1992-1997, 1998-2001, and 2008-2013.

Sometimes the name Mercy has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Mercy's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Mercy has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mercy?

Mercy's popularity is at or near its highest point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Mercy still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Mercy (Girl)Mercy (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 385 729 13 6,536
2017 356 771 16 5,684
2016 359 791 12 6,983
2015 265 1,012 11 7,372
2014 289 932 9 8,554
2013 311 842 6 11,674
2012 254 995 < 5 --
2011 245 1,018 < 5 --
2010 207 1,178 < 5 --
2009 193 1,264 < 5 --
2008 182 1,346 < 5 --
2007 176 1,376 < 5 --
2006 163 1,395 < 5 --
2005 159 1,363 < 5 --
2004 150 1,393 < 5 --
2003 155 1,327 < 5 --
2002 110 1,678 < 5 --
2001 131 1,441 < 5 --
2000 112 1,585 5 11,566
1999 88 1,821 < 5 --
1998 72 2,059 < 5 --
1997 102 1,579 < 5 --
1996 85 1,762 < 5 --
1995 69 1,997 < 5 --
1994 59 2,245 < 5 --
1993 52 2,435 < 5 --
1992 47 2,636 < 5 --
1991 50 2,501 < 5 --
1990 53 2,367 < 5 --
1989 43 2,639 < 5 --
1988 42 2,576 < 5 --
1987 40 2,555 < 5 --
1986 33 2,885 < 5 --
1985 45 2,276 < 5 --
1984 33 2,766 < 5 --
1983 40 2,387 < 5 --
1982 46 2,203 < 5 --
1981 49 2,104 < 5 --
1980 50 2,086 < 5 --
1979 57 1,867 < 5 --
1978 35 2,500 < 5 --
1977 52 1,913 < 5 --
1976 38 2,240 < 5 --
1975 70 1,470 < 5 --
1974 69 1,457 < 5 --
1973 56 1,638 < 5 --
1972 53 1,685 < 5 --
1971 51 1,767 < 5 --
1970 49 1,818 < 5 --
1969 47 1,798 < 5 --
1968 27 2,404 < 5 --
1967 30 2,200 < 5 --
1966 31 2,133 < 5 --
1965 32 2,098 < 5 --
1964 44 1,765 < 5 --
1963 42 1,805 < 5 --
1962 33 2,057 < 5 --
1961 33 2,058 < 5 --
1960 52 1,550 < 5 --
1959 45 1,633 < 5 --
1958 57 1,416 < 5 --
1957 51 1,499 < 5 --
1956 41 1,673 < 5 --
1955 55 1,360 < 5 --
1954 68 1,216 < 5 --
1953 52 1,355 < 5 --
1952 44 1,465 < 5 --
1951 44 1,426 < 5 --
1950 37 1,543 < 5 --
1949 29 1,791 < 5 --
1948 39 1,485 < 5 --
1947 40 1,502 < 5 --
1946 45 1,300 < 5 --
1945 41 1,255 < 5 --
1944 41 1,247 < 5 --
1943 38 1,335 < 5 --
1942 46 1,173 < 5 --
1941 41 1,178 < 5 --
1940 37 1,212 < 5 --
1939 37 1,212 < 5 --
1938 34 1,260 < 5 --
1937 41 1,125 < 5 --
1936 38 1,159 < 5 --
1935 37 1,178 < 5 --
1934 47 1,016 < 5 --
1933 28 1,390 < 5 --
1932 34 1,257 < 5 --
1931 30 1,364 < 5 --
1930 42 1,156 < 5 --
1929 51 1,022 < 5 --
1928 45 1,144 < 5 --
1927 43 1,187 < 5 --
1926 33 1,408 < 5 --
1925 35 1,365 < 5 --
1924 45 1,181 < 5 --
1923 25 1,712 < 5 --
1922 27 1,635 < 5 --
1921 27 1,654 < 5 --
1920 28 1,573 < 5 --
1919 29 1,472 5 4,581
1918 25 1,629 < 5 --
1917 25 1,539 < 5 --
1916 29 1,373 < 5 --
1915 14 2,212 < 5 --
1914 22 1,369 < 5 --
1913 11 1,980 < 5 --
1912 10 1,936 < 5 --
1911 12 1,420 < 5 --
1910 10 1,590 < 5 --
1909 10 1,440 < 5 --
1908 6 2,025 < 5 --
1907 5 2,277 < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 5 2,137 < 5 --
1904 9 1,336 < 5 --
1903 7 1,528 < 5 --
1902 7 1,542 < 5 --
1901 5 1,864 < 5 --
1900 7 1,683 < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 7 1,381 < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 5 1,584 < 5 --
1892 7 1,235 < 5 --
1891 6 1,295 < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 10 884 < 5 --
1888 5 1,418 < 5 --
1887 6 1,112 < 5 --
1886 6 1,063 < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 5 1,113 < 5 --
1883 5 1,003 < 5 --
1882 7 791 < 5 --
1881 9 611 < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.