Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Mercedes

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mercedes
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.6% from peak

Peak era

1991

Peak rank proxy

1,798

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19912024

Peak year

1991

Decline from peak

91.6%

2024

151

All-time

46,052

Mercedes once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1991, when 1,798 girls were named Mercedes.

In 2024, only 151 girls were given the name.

Down 91.6% from its peak.

All told, about 46,052 Americans have been named Mercedes and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.6% from peak

In 1991:1,798 girls named Mercedes

In 2024:151 girls named Mercedes

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