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Mercy

Girl English #834 in 2023

Mercy is a girl name of English origin.

Meaning of Mercy

From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes.

Popularity of Mercy

Popularity, 1881–2023

357 births in 2023

1881 2023

9,995 U.S. births recorded from 1881–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

2019

459 babies

First recorded

1881

142 years of history

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Who is like God? A rhetorical name honoring the archangel

Bitter; beloved; wished-for child

One of the twelve Apostles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

Girl · Ancient Greek

A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton

Girl · English

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

Popular from the 1960s to the 1990s

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.