Mercedes
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Mercedes
Mercedes is one of the few names attached to luxury living that we can wholeheartedly recommend, it being a legitimate Spanish appellation stemming from one of the epithets given to the Virgin Mary--Santa Maria de las Mercedes, or Our Lady of the Mercies. The car, by the way was named after the eleven-year-old daughter of the Daimler company's French distributor in 1901.
Always well used in the Spanish-speaking community, Mercedes had a sudden spurt of overall popularity in the 1990's, moving as high as Number 164 in 1991.
Mercedes has been widely used in a variety of art forms--from the opera Carmen to Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo to the film Pan's Labyrinth to the TV show Glee.
Mercedes is also given to boys.
Pronounced mer-SAY-deez.
As of October 2026, Mercedes ranked #9605 for boys in US births in 2004 and #1439 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2286 for boys in 1988 and #164 for girls in 1991.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #986 | 271 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,078 | 244 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,037 | 255 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,049 | 246 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,074 | 237 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,197 | 196 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,273 | 176 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,220 | 194 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,243 | 194 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,422 | 157 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,451 | 151 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,439 | 150 |
World rankings
Mercedes for girls
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Mercedes on lists
Famous Mercedess
- Mercedes of Orléans (born María de las Mercedes Isabel Francisca de Asís Antonia Luisa Fernanda de Orléans y Borbón)Girl
Queen consort of Alfonso XII of Spain
- (María de las) Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa de Borbón y HabsburgoGirl
Lorena, Princess of Asturias; daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain
- María de las Mercedes Cristina Genara Isabel Luisa Carolina Victoria y Todos los Santos de BorbónGirl
Dos Sicilias y Orléans, Princess of Spain; Countess of Barcelona; mother of King Juan Carlos I
- María de las Mercedes de Baviera y BorbónGirl
Infanta of Spain and Princess of Bavaria
- Mercedes SosaGirl
Argentine political activist, singer and songwriter
- Mercedes María PazGirl
Argentine tennis player
- Mercedes Ritchie LackeyGirl
American fantasy novelist
- Mercedes RuehlGirl
American actress
- Mercedes MasohnGirl
American actress
- Mercedes McNabGirl
American actress
- Mercedes BassGirl
American socialite
- Mercedes KaestnerGirl
Varnado aka Sasha Banks, American pro wrestler
Mercedes in pop culture
- Mercedes Athena "Mercy" ThompsonGirl
main character in Patricia Briggs books
- Mercedes JonesGirl
character on TV's "Glee'
- Mercedes "Mercy" GravesGirl
character in DC Universe
- MercedesGirl
the compassionate housekeeper in the Spanish fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth"
- Mercedes Maria Theresa Immaculata McQueenGirl
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- MercedesGirl
character in Ann,Marie MacDonald's "Fall on Your Knees"
- Mercedes Mondego nee IguanadaGirl
character in "The Count of Monte Cristo"
- Mercedes CortezGirl
Love interest in "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
- Mercedes CastilloGirl
character in telenovela "Destinos"
- MercedesGirl
character on TV's "South Park"
- MercedesGirl
Benz, luxury car
- MercedesGirl
character in the 2019 Film "Hustlers" played by Keke Palmer
- MercedesGirl
a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses