Mercer
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Mercer is a name of English origin, meaning “merchant, cloth dealer”. In 2025 it ranked 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Mercer mean?
English: English occupational surname, from Old French mercier
“merchant, cloth dealer”
Johnny Mercer, lyricist of Moon River, is a well-known bearer of the surname.
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Is Mercer a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mercer has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 52 boys in the US.
How popular is Mercer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Mercer, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. It first appears in the records in 1881. 5 girls were also named Mercer in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Mercer of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Mercer in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9% of the babies named Mercer in the US were girls.
Mercer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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