Merced
Boy · mer-SED · Spanish
Merced is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “mercy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Merced mean?
Spanish: Spanish merced, from Nuestra Señora de la Merced
“mercy”
Spanish for 'mercy' or 'favour', from Our Lady of Mercy; the California city of Merced is named for the Merced River.
- Say it
- mer-SED
Is Merced a girl's or a boy's name?
Merced is a boys' name.
How popular is Merced in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1942, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1905.
Half of all the boys named Merced in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merced in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
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