Girls' name · since 1913
Mercides
Mercides has 18 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1936 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,158 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1913
- 1930s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Mercides since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mercides recorded 18 times among girls since 1913, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1936.
- #47,158 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1913
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mercides ranks #47,158 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1913, peaking in the 1930s.
- #47,158 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1913
- 1930s
- peak decade
Mercides's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mercides's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mercides splits its recorded history at 1924: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1936 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mercides popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1936
- Peak year (1936)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Mercides by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (7 births, 39% of the file).
1930s was Mercides's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Mercides births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 7 births (39% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mercides: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1913–1936 (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 Mercides 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.