Mercury
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- MER-kyuh-ree
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Mercury is a name of Latin origin, meaning “trade, merchandise”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Mercury mean?
Latin: Latin Mercurius, probably linked to merx 'goods'
“trade, merchandise”
Mercury was the Roman messenger god of trade and travellers, and gives his name to the planet and the metal.
Is Mercury a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mercury has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Mercury in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Mercury, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Mercury in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mercury in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
Names like Mercury
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Maximus Marcelo Luca Cassian Ares Montgomery Aziel Magnus Azriel Marcellus Bellamy
Names related to Mercury
More Latin names
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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, “Mercury: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mercury, updated 20 October 2026.