Mercedes

Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

Meaning

Mercedes is a Spanish female name, popularized in the form of María de las Mercedes, which is one of the Roman Catholic titles of the Virgin Mary.

From Wikipedia

Mercedes first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 1,798 babies (rank #164 that year). In 2024 it was given to 151 girls (rank #1,451). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mercedes

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mercedes yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

46,421

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

1,798

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Mercedes

Mercedes Sosarecording artist · b. 1935
Mercedes McCambridgefilm actor · b. 1916
Mercedes Ruehlfilm actor · b. 1948
Mercedes Monéprofessional wrestler · b. 1992
Mercedes of Orléansconsort · b. 1860

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	6	#809
1882	7	#790
1883	6	#889
1884	7	#903
1885	6	#1,007
1886	10	#758
1887	10	#775
1888	9	#938
1889	13	#745
1890	14	#750
1891	18	#637
1892	17	#717
1893	14	#818
1894	25	#591
1895	27	#587
1896	26	#619
1897	17	#780
1898	33	#566
1899	35	#504
1900	49	#486
1901	25	#642
1902	44	#473
1903	33	#570
1904	62	#408
1905	60	#435
1906	52	#474
1907	68	#433
1908	64	#454
1909	73	#434
1910	82	#442
1911	92	#426
1912	122	#426
1913	131	#433
1914	167	#411
1915	232	#394
1916	227	#412
1917	253	#398
1918	236	#432
1919	225	#438
1920	318	#369
1921	299	#387
1922	239	#432
1923	276	#404
1924	319	#381
1925	295	#398
1926	273	#411
1927	291	#402
1928	252	#426
1929	266	#406
1930	234	#440
1931	212	#444
1932	186	#485
1933	176	#480
1934	168	#498
1935	175	#477
1936	163	#514
1937	197	#467
1938	177	#503
1939	170	#513
1940	135	#601
1941	120	#647
1942	120	#683
1943	134	#656
1944	124	#667
1945	156	#586
1946	149	#650
1947	146	#701
1948	136	#727
1949	148	#696
1950	179	#641
1951	188	#637
1952	158	#708
1953	159	#720
1954	183	#694
1955	159	#752
1956	188	#699
1957	168	#774
1958	184	#729
1959	176	#770
1960	167	#798
1961	180	#781
1962	180	#778
1963	184	#759
1964	173	#789
1965	169	#762
1966	158	#784
1967	164	#767
1968	157	#809
1969	167	#798
1970	202	#734
1971	191	#767
1972	189	#740
1973	168	#789
1974	169	#801
1975	211	#705
1976	203	#722
1977	209	#738
1978	219	#722
1979	223	#736
1980	248	#693
1981	254	#686
1982	304	#595
1983	311	#576
1984	294	#610
1985	359	#551
1986	385	#530
1987	427	#501
1988	609	#395
1989	1,220	#224
1990	1,654	#176
1991	1,798	#164
1992	1,729	#178
1993	1,779	#171
1994	1,571	#189
1995	1,543	#191
1996	1,390	#211
1997	1,244	#241
1998	1,376	#225
1999	1,207	#262
2000	1,134	#285
2001	1,098	#283
2002	1,069	#293
2003	949	#332
2004	952	#337
2005	817	#383
2006	730	#437
2007	664	#490
2008	582	#525
2009	457	#646
2010	436	#665
2011	366	#754
2012	398	#708
2013	301	#859
2014	271	#986
2015	244	#1,078
2016	255	#1,037
2017	246	#1,049
2018	237	#1,074
2019	196	#1,197
2020	176	#1,273
2021	194	#1,220
2022	194	#1,243
2023	157	#1,422
2024	151	#1,451