Merci
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MER-see
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Merci is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “mercy, compassion”. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Merci mean?
English: spelling of Mercy
“mercy, compassion”
A Puritan virtue name; Mercy is Christiana's companion in the second part of Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
Meaning borrowed from Mercy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Merci a girl's or a boy's name?
Merci is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Merci in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 girls.
Merci in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
How popular is Merci in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Merci, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963. 11 boys were also named Merci in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Merci in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 368 girls in the US were given Merci or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #740, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 80% of the babies named Merci in the US were girls.
Merci in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,639 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,538 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
Names like Merci
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Dua Piper Aria Coco Mia Poppy Primrose Meadow Maisie Marigold Harper
Other spellings of Merci
Names related to Merci
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Merci: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merci, updated 20 October 2026.