Mercy

What Mercy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mercy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,011 in 2015 to #862 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Mercy?

US: Rising: up from #1011 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1204 in 2015, #1197 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 441 girls got the name (#661 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 5,135 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,381 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IA (0.59 per 1,000 girls), TN (0.53 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.47 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Mercy is #862 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.6% of US babies named Mercy were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marcy44 US · 14 E&W
• Merci44 US
• Marci28 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mercy

Girls

• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Aria#26“a musical aria”^*
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Promise#823Editor’s note 330 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales

For a brother

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Deacon#561Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mercy’s. Rank is US 2025.