Mercides — girls' name
18 babies named Mercides in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Mercides was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Mercides in 1936 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mercides
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Mercides between 1913 and 1936, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mercides currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mercides performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mercides shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mercides 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 18 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.
Mercides at a glance
Last recorded 1936Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mercides popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1913
- Peak year (1936)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1936.
18 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1936 with 7 births in a single year.
Mercides by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 7 births that decade — 39% of Mercides's all-time total
Mercides decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Mercides's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1936 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.