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Mercy
Rank in 2024
#848
Born in 2024
318
Peak year
2019 · #661
Origin
English
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 318 girls were named Mercy, about 1 in every 5,073.
- It peaked in 2019 with 439 babies, ranked #661.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 10,313 girls have been named Mercy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Mercy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 504 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 708 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 851 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 747 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 786 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,502 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,130 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes. ==== Proper noun ==== Mercy A female given name from English. ===== Related terms ===== Mercedes Merry ===== Translations =====
- A female given name from English.
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Mercy, CC BY-SA 4.0.