Mercy
Girl · MER-see · English
Mercy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “mercy, compassion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,163rd for girls in the UK (30 babies) and 862nd for girls in the US (313 babies).
What does Mercy mean?
English
“mercy, compassion”
A Puritan virtue name; Mercy is Christiana's companion in the second part of Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
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Is Mercy a girl's or a boy's name?
Mercy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the UK and 313 girls and 25 boys in the US.
How popular is Mercy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,163among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 9,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were named Mercy, making it the 1,163rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mercy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Mercy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,163 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,302 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 39 | #977 |
| 2010 | 44 | #872 |
| 2009 | 46 | #824 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Mercy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #862among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 313about 1 in 5,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 313 girls in the US were named Mercy, making it the 862nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 801st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 441 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881. 25 boys were also named Mercy in 2025 (4,138th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mercy than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Mercy in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 368 girls in the US were given Mercy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #740, up from #862 for this spelling alone.
Mercy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 313 | #862 |
| 2024 | 320 | #845 |
| 2023 | 329 | #834 |
| 2022 | 355 | #796 |
| 2021 | 363 | #780 |
| 2020 | 339 | #801 |
| 2019 | 441 | #661 |
| 2018 | 392 | #725 |
| 2017 | 367 | #758 |
| 2016 | 360 | #791 |
| 2015 | 265 | #1,011 |
| 2014 | 289 | #933 |
| 2013 | 314 | #838 |
| 2012 | 255 | #988 |
| 2011 | 246 | #1,017 |
| 2010 | 207 | #1,178 |
| 2009 | 193 | #1,265 |
| 2008 | 182 | #1,345 |
| 2007 | 176 | #1,370 |
| 2006 | 163 | #1,390 |
| 2005 | 159 | #1,362 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,386 |
| 2003 | 156 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,653 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,437 |
| 2000 | 112 | #1,575 |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,801 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,045 |
| 1997 | 102 | #1,572 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,750 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,977 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,227 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,857 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,431 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 69 | #1,448 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,622 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,674 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,754 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,784 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,167 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,747 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,786 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,035 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,541 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,616 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,408 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,490 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,355 |
| 1954 | 68 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | 52 | #1,343 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,453 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,414 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,523 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,766 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,289 |
| 1945 | 41 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,326 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,166 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,203 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,250 |
| 1937 | 41 | #1,116 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,150 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1934 | 47 | #1,005 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,336 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,144 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,015 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,136 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,172 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,347 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,170 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,672 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,611 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,550 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,357 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,344 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
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