Mercedes is an established girls' name that peaked in 1991 and has since faded.
Mercedes is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,439 for girl births in the United States (and #2,702 across all names), given to 150 babies. Mercedes was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1991 (1,798 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | 150 | #1,439 | — |
| 2024 | 152 | 152 | #1,448 | — |
| 2023 | 158 | 158 | #1,420 | — |
| 2022 | 194 | 194 | #1,245 | — |
| 2021 | 195 | 195 | #1,218 | — |
| 2020 | 176 | 176 | #1,273 | — |
| 2019 | 196 | 196 | #1,197 | — |
| 2018 | 237 | 237 | #1,074 | — |
| 2017 | 246 | 246 | #1,049 | — |
| 2016 | 255 | 255 | #1,037 | — |
| 2015 | 244 | 244 | #1,078 | — |
| 2014 | 271 | 271 | #986 | — |
| 2013 | 301 | 301 | #859 | — |
| 2012 | 398 | 398 | #708 | — |
| 2011 | 366 | 366 | #754 | — |
| 2010 | 436 | 436 | #665 | — |
| 2009 | 457 | 457 | #647 | — |
| 2008 | 583 | 583 | #524 | — |
| 2007 | 664 | 664 | #490 | — |
| 2006 | 730 | 735 | #437 | — |
| 2005 | 817 | 817 | #383 | — |
| 2004 | 959 | 959 | #337 | #9,605 |
| 2003 | 949 | 949 | #332 | — |
| 2002 | 1,069 | 1,069 | #293 | — |
| 2001 | 1,099 | 1,099 | #283 | — |
| 2000 | 1,134 | 1,134 | #285 | — |
| 1999 | 1,216 | 1,216 | #262 | #6,911 |
| 1998 | 1,382 | 1,382 | #225 | #9,241 |
| 1997 | 1,244 | — | #241 | — |
| 1996 | 1,397 | — | #211 | #7,699 |
| 1995 | 1,543 | — | #191 | — |
| 1994 | 1,577 | — | #189 | #8,432 |
| 1993 | 1,794 | — | #171 | #4,159 |
| 1992 | 1,742 | — | #178 | #4,493 |
| 1991 | 1,808 | — | #164 | #5,377 |
| 1990 | 1,673 | — | #176 | #3,263 |
| 1989 | 1,245 | — | #224 | #2,585 |
| 1988 | 636 | — | #395 | #2,286 |
| 1987 | 445 | — | #501 | #2,911 |
| 1986 | 403 | — | #533 | #2,749 |
| 1985 | 368 | — | #551 | #4,560 |
| 1984 | 305 | — | #610 | #3,843 |
| 1983 | 320 | — | #576 | #4,370 |
| 1982 | 311 | — | #595 | #5,408 |
| 1981 | 264 | — | #686 | #4,045 |
| 1980 | 259 | — | #693 | #3,760 |
| 1979 | 228 | — | #736 | #6,717 |
| 1978 | 220 | — | #719 | — |
| 1977 | 209 | — | #738 | — |
| 1976 | 215 | — | #722 | #3,197 |
| 1975 | 219 | — | #705 | #4,176 |
| 1974 | 174 | — | #801 | #5,730 |
| 1973 | 173 | — | #789 | #5,608 |
| 1972 | 189 | — | #740 | — |
| 1971 | 191 | — | #767 | — |
| 1970 | 202 | — | #734 | — |
| 1969 | 167 | — | #798 | — |
| 1968 | 157 | — | #809 | — |
| 1967 | 164 | — | #768 | — |
| 1966 | 158 | — | #784 | — |
| 1965 | 169 | — | #762 | — |
| 1964 | 173 | — | #790 | — |
| 1963 | 184 | — | #759 | — |
| 1962 | 180 | — | #778 | — |
| 1961 | 180 | — | #782 | — |
| 1960 | 167 | — | #798 | — |
| 1959 | 181 | — | #769 | #4,369 |
| 1958 | 184 | — | #729 | — |
| 1957 | 168 | — | #774 | — |
| 1956 | 187 | — | #699 | — |
| 1955 | 159 | — | #752 | — |
| 1954 | 183 | — | #694 | — |
| 1953 | 159 | — | #720 | — |
| 1952 | 158 | — | #708 | — |
| 1951 | 188 | — | #637 | — |
| 1950 | 179 | — | #641 | — |
| 1949 | 148 | — | #696 | — |
| 1948 | 136 | — | #727 | — |
| 1947 | 146 | — | #701 | — |
| 1946 | 149 | — | #650 | — |
| 1945 | 156 | — | #586 | — |
| 1944 | 124 | — | #667 | — |
| 1943 | 134 | — | #656 | — |
| 1942 | 120 | — | #683 | — |
| 1941 | 120 | — | #647 | — |
| 1940 | 135 | — | #601 | — |
| 1939 | 170 | — | #513 | — |
| 1938 | 177 | — | #503 | — |
| 1937 | 203 | — | #467 | #3,397 |
| 1936 | 163 | — | #514 | — |
| 1935 | 181 | — | #477 | #3,520 |
| 1934 | 168 | — | #498 | — |
| 1933 | 182 | — | #480 | #3,517 |
| 1932 | 191 | — | #485 | #4,117 |
| 1931 | 220 | — | #444 | #3,016 |
| 1930 | 234 | — | #440 | — |
| 1929 | 275 | — | #406 | #2,899 |
| 1928 | 258 | — | #426 | #3,993 |
| 1927 | 299 | — | #402 | #3,348 |
| 1926 | 273 | — | #411 | — |
| 1925 | 304 | — | #398 | #3,064 |
| 1924 | 329 | — | #381 | #2,954 |
| 1923 | 283 | — | #404 | #3,699 |
| 1922 | 239 | — | #432 | — |
| 1921 | 299 | — | #387 | — |
| 1920 | 323 | — | #369 | #4,737 |
| 1919 | 225 | — | #438 | — |
| 1918 | 236 | — | #432 | — |
| 1917 | 259 | — | #398 | #3,830 |
| 1916 | 227 | — | #412 | — |
| 1915 | 232 | — | #394 | — |
| 1914 | 167 | — | #411 | — |
| 1913 | 131 | — | #433 | — |
| 1912 | 122 | — | #426 | — |
| 1911 | 92 | — | #426 | — |
| 1910 | 82 | — | #442 | — |
| 1909 | 73 | — | #434 | — |
| 1908 | 64 | — | #454 | — |
| 1907 | 68 | — | #433 | — |
| 1906 | 52 | — | #474 | — |
| 1905 | 60 | — | #435 | — |
| 1904 | 62 | — | #408 | — |
| 1903 | 33 | — | #570 | — |
| 1902 | 44 | — | #473 | — |
| 1901 | 25 | — | #642 | — |
| 1900 | 49 | — | #486 | — |
| 1899 | 35 | — | #504 | — |
| 1898 | 33 | — | #566 | — |
| 1897 | 17 | — | #780 | — |
| 1896 | 26 | — | #619 | — |
| 1895 | 27 | — | #587 | — |
| 1894 | 25 | — | #591 | — |
| 1893 | 14 | — | #818 | — |
| 1892 | 17 | — | #717 | — |
| 1891 | 18 | — | #637 | — |
| 1890 | 14 | — | #750 | — |
| 1889 | 13 | — | #745 | — |
| 1888 | 9 | — | #938 | — |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #775 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #758 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #903 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #889 | — |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #790 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #809 | — |