NameTides

Mercedes

Mercedes was the #1,436 girls' name in the US in 2025 (150 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #2,131 in Canada.

Mercedes as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mercedes as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Mercedes as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,436 (150)#1,892 (15)——#2,131 (10)
2024#1,446 (152)#2,116 (13)——#2,259 (9)
2023#1,415 (158)#1,774 (16)——#1,582 (14)
2022#1,239 (194)#2,178 (12)——#1,854 (11)
2021#1,215 (195)#2,499 (10)——#1,229 (20)
2020#1,271 (176)#1,200 (27)——#1,193 (20)
2019#1,196 (196)#1,703 (17)——#1,283 (19)
2018#1,071 (237)#1,393 (23)——#1,567 (14)
2017#1,046 (246)#1,043 (34)——#881 (31)
2016#1,037 (255)#1,142 (30)——#1,019 (26)
2015#1,078 (244)#1,007 (35)——#1,157 (21)
2014#984 (271)#814 (47)#802 (3)—#1,108 (23)
2013#857 (301)#882 (42)#663 (4)—#993 (26)
2012#706 (398)#679 (61)#580 (5)#907 (3)#695 (41)
2011#752 (366)#525 (80)#465 (7)—#681 (42)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #171.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mercedes is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mercedes by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Mercedes (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MercedesCanadaGirls#2,13110
MercedesEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
MercedesIrelandGirls—too few
MercedesNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MercedesScotlandGirls—too few
MercedesUSGirls#1,436150
MercedesUSBoys—too few