Boys' name · since 2009
Mercutio
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Mercutio, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 17
- total births
- 2009–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
Mercutio sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 17 recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mercutio has been recorded 17 times among boys since 2009, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2016.
- 17 total births
- 2009–2016 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mercutio's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mercutio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mercutio's full recorded timeline at 2012, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mercutio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Mercutio by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Mercutio's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Mercutio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2009–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mercutio: Baby Name Since 2009 - 17 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mercutio. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mercutio 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 July 2026.