Girls' name · since 1915
Merceda
35 babies named Merceda in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
35 girls have been named Merceda since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Merceda has 35 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1950.
- #39,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merceda ranks #39,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #39,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Merceda's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merceda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Merceda's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Merceda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1950
- Peak year (1923)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Merceda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (13 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Merceda's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Merceda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 13 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Merceda's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 1950s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Merceda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Merceda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.