Mercedes — #1451 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mercedes

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,052 babies named Mercedes between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mercedes currently holds the #1451 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 1,798 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mercedes performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15,291 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mercedes shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,023 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mercedes in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mercedes 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 46,052 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.