Mercede — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mercede

The Social Security Administration has registered 535 babies named Mercede between 1979 and 2014, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mercede currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mercede performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mercede shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Mercede in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mercede in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 535 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.