NameTides

Mercy

Mercy was the #862 girls' name in the US in 2025 (313 babies), and #1,197 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Mercy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mercy 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Mercy 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#862 (313)#1,197 (27)#780 (3)—#1,265 (20)
2024#845 (320)#980 (36)——#1,409 (17)
2023#834 (329)#1,169 (28)——#1,155 (21)
2022#796 (355)#1,081 (31)—#747 (4)#1,209 (20)
2021#780 (363)#1,505 (20)——#974 (28)
2020#801 (339)#1,507 (20)——#1,059 (24)
2019#661 (441)#1,189 (28)——#1,186 (21)
2018#725 (392)#1,234 (27)——#779 (36)
2017#758 (367)#1,330 (25)——#1,049 (24)
2016#791 (360)#1,112 (31)——#1,463 (16)
2015#1,011 (265)#1,204 (28)——#1,499 (15)
2014#933 (289)#1,234 (27)——#1,530 (15)
2013#838 (314)#1,075 (33)——#1,305 (18)
2012#988 (255)#1,018 (35)—#612 (6)#1,297 (19)
2011#1,017 (246)#915 (39)——#1,081 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #661.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Mercy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 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 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mercy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mercy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Mercy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Mercy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MercyCanadaGirls#1,26520
MercyEngland & WalesGirls#1,19727
MercyIrelandGirls—too few
MercyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MercyScotlandGirls#7803
MercyUSGirls#862313
MercyUSBoys#4,13925