Merce is a very rare variant of Mercy that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Merce is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1927. Merce was first reported in SSA data in 1925 and peaked in 1927 (5 births).
Girls named Merce per year · hover for count and girls rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1925–1927 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1927) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Boys named Merce
Boys named Merce per year · hover for count and boys rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1925–1927 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1927) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here