Girls' name · peaked in 1993
Mercedes name popularity since 1925
42,499 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mercedes (99.2% girls, 0.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Mercedes is about 33 years old in 2026. Mercedes peaked in 1993 as the #171 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 42,499
- Named Mercedes, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,439 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% girls
- 42,158 girls · 341 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 2.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Mercedes made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mercedes births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1991. Measured as a share of all babies, Mercedes peaked in 1993.
- Fastest rise: Between 1986 and 1991, Mercedes became 4.3× more common, from 1 in 4,470 baby girls to 1 in 1,040.
- Steepest fall: Between 2004 and 2009, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 1,930 to 1 in 4,020.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mercedes's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mercedes.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mercedes in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,377 | 32 | – |
| 1930s | 1,858 | 31 | #477 |
| 1940s | 1,368 | 0 | #586 |
| 1950s | 1,741 | 5 | #752 |
| 1960s | 1,699 | 0 | #762 |
| 1970s | 1,985 | 35 | #705 |
| 1980s | 4,410 | 146 | #551 |
| 1990s | 15,291 | 85 | #191 |
| 2000s | 8,454 | 7 | #383 |
| 2010s | 2,950 | 0 | #1,078 |
| 2020–25 | 1,025 | 0 | #1,439 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.3% of babies named Mercedes from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Mercedes is most popular
The index compares Mercedes's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mercedes.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 2.30× | 489 |
| Arizona | 2.19× | 1,093 |
| Texas | 1.65× | 4,990 |
| Utah | 1.65× | 540 |
| Florida | 1.56× | 2,171 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mercedes and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes (this page) | 42,158 | 1993 |
| Mercedez | 3,056 | 1993 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mercedes's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mercedes.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mercedes (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data