Merced is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1924 and has since faded.
Merced is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2021. Merced was first reported in SSA data in 1905 and peaked in 1942 (19 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,418 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,536 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,689 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | #18,925 | #11,712 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,776 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,455 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,018 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,360 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,192 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,489 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,496 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,306 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,900 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | — | #7,698 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | — | #7,527 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | #12,840 | #5,013 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | #14,951 | #7,341 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | — | #5,133 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #14,578 | #5,790 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #9,841 | #7,770 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | — | #5,057 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,548 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #10,747 | #4,145 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | — | #6,451 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | — | #6,257 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | — | #4,433 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | — | #5,278 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #4,130 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #9,897 | #4,805 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #9,878 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | — | — | #5,178 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,420 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,516 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,271 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | — | #4,175 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | — | #5,729 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | — | #3,361 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #9,111 | #3,841 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,724 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,249 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,533 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | — | #4,352 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | — | #4,329 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | — | #4,262 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | — | #3,895 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,701 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | — | — | #2,982 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | — | #2,494 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | — | #3,011 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,368 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | — | #2,596 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | — | #2,449 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | — | #4,204 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #6,329 | #3,360 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #6,248 | #3,321 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | — | #2,461 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | — | #1,813 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | — | #2,529 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | — | #2,414 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,555 |
| 1947 | 20 | — | #5,114 | #2,138 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,406 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | — | #1,902 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | — | #1,954 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | — | #2,022 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | — | #3,067 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | — | #2,425 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | — | #2,031 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,155 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | — | #2,213 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | — | #3,516 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,870 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #4,190 | — |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #4,391 | #2,034 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #3,302 | #3,819 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #4,047 | #3,992 |
| 1927 | 21 | — | #3,477 | #2,483 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | #3,200 | #3,056 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | #5,524 | #2,868 |
| 1924 | 23 | — | #2,916 | #2,771 |
| 1923 | 19 | — | #4,240 | #2,555 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #5,531 | #2,934 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #5,641 | #4,175 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #3,273 | — |
| 1919 | 21 | — | #5,325 | #2,034 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | — | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | — | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | — | #3,392 |
| 1914 | 14 | — | #4,006 | #2,393 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | — | #2,417 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,189 |