Mercie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MER-see
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Mercie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “mercy, compassion”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Mercie 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 Mercie a girl's or a boy's name?
Mercie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mercie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Mercie, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the girls named Mercie in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 368 girls in the US were given Mercie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #740, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Mercie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
Names like Mercie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Millie, Evie, Gracie, Macie, Josie, Hallie, Sadie, Sophie, Ellie, Maggie, Frankie, Maple
Other spellings of Mercie
Names related to Mercie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mercie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mercie, updated 20 October 2026.