Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Mercy

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

439

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1881Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

27.6%

2024

318

All-time

10,313

Mercy has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 439 girls were named Mercy.

In 2024, only 318 girls were given the name.

Down 27.6% from its peak.

All told, about 10,313 Americans have been named Mercy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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