The name Mercedes is of Spanish origin, and means mercy.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mercedes has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Mercedes
Use of the Name Mercedes for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
38,868
29,366
24,826
11,901
5,156
1,870
933
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mercedes has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Mercedes
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
809
6
1881
1882
790
7
1883
889
6
1884
903
7
1885
1886
758
10
1887
778
10
1888
938
9
1889
746
13
1890
751
14
1891
637
18
1892
717
17
1893
818
14
1894
591
25
1895
587
27
1896
619
26
1897
780
17
1898
566
33
1899
504
35
1900
486
49
1901
643
25
1902
472
44
1903
571
33
1904
408
62
1905
440
59
1906
474
52
1907
433
68
1908
454
64
1909
434
73
1910
442
82
1911
427
91
1912
422
123
1913
432
131
1914
412
166
1915
394
232
1916
414
226
1917
398
252
1918
432
236
1919
438
226
1920
369
318
1921
385
300
1922
433
239
1923
405
274
1924
383
318
1925
403
291
1926
405
283
1927
404
286
1928
427
251
1929
406
266
1930
439
234
1931
444
211
1932
485
186
1933
481
176
1934
497
168
1935
478
175
1936
513
164
1937
468
196
1938
503
177
1939
512
171
1940
605
134
1941
650
119
1942
685
119
1943
650
136
1944
665
124
1945
587
155
1946
648
149
1947
695
148
1948
729
134
1949
694
147
1950
637
180
1951
638
185
1952
708
159
1953
725
158
1954
691
183
1955
763
157
1956
699
188
1957
784
165
1958
726
184
1959
768
176
1960
797
167
1961
780
181
1962
777
180
1963
756
186
1964
804
170
1965
770
166
1966
786
157
1967
766
165
1968
811
156
1969
794
168
1970
742
199
1971
765
190
1972
743
188
1973
793
166
1974
801
169
1975
705
210
1976
723
203
1977
736
209
1978
723
218
1979
738
222
1980
692
248
1981
687
252
1982
595
303
1983
575
310
1984
610
293
1985
552
358
1986
529
385
1987
500
427
1988
395
608
1989
225
1,216
1990
176
1,655
1991
164
1,798
1992
177
1,729
1993
171
1,775
1994
189
1,568
1995
191
1,542
1996
211
1,388
1997
241
1,243
1998
224
1,374
1999
265
1,198
2000
284
1,132
2001
285
1,091
2002
293
1,063
2003
333
937
2004
338
933
Totals:
38,868
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Mercedes as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Mercedes appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 123 times during the last 125 years.