Mercer
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Mercer
Mercer is one fashionable occupational name that can work as well for girls as boys, perhaps because of the soft c or the conventionally feminine nickname Mercy.
Mercer for boys#2558 US
Mercer is an attractive possibility which is an occupational name that doesn't sound like one. Mercer and its cool, sophisticated short form Merce project a super creative image via their artistic namesakes.
Johnny Mercer was a talented and charming songwriter-singer who wrote the lyrics for more than 1,500 songs, including Moon River. Jazz great Duke Ellington named his son Mercer, and he in turn became a respected musician in his own right. Stone Temple Pilot's Scott Weiland used Mercer as the middle name of his son Noah.
In the visual arts, Mercer Mayer is a prolific children's book writer and illustrator.
The short form Merce is associated with avant garde dancer/choreographer Merce Cunningham, born Mercier, whose name still resonates with an aura of bold originality.
Pronounced MER-sur.
As of October 2026, Mercer ranked #16473 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4638 in 1927.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #3,748 | 28 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #3,132 | 37 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #3,352 | 34 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #3,085 | 38 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #3,175 | 37 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #3,464 | 32 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #3,058 | 40 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #3,445 | 34 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #3,456 | 34 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #3,072 | 40 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,558 | 52 |
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Famous Mercers
- Serena MercerGirl
author of "My sister the Vampire".
- Matthew MercerBoth
voice actor
- James MercerBoy
lead singer and guitarist of The Shins
- Mercer MayerBoy
American children's author
- James Mercer Langston HughesBoy
American poet
- Jordy MercerBoy
American baseball player
- Mercer Ellis Singletary (b. 2010)Boy
son of Daryle Singletary & Holly Mercer
Mercer in pop culture
- Sophia "Sophie" MercerGirl
main character in Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins
- Sutton MercerGirl
lead female character in The Lying Game series
- Laurel MercerGirl
sister of Sutton in The Lying Game series
- Alex and Dana MercerBoy
from the game "Prototype"
- The Mercer HotelBoy
a luxury hotel in New York City
- The Mercer Brothers: BobbyBoy
Jeremiah, Angel, and Jack, adopted sons of Evelyn Mercer in the movie "Four Brothers"
- Mercer FreyBoy
character in the video game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"
- Sam MercerBoy
character in "The Year of the Rat"
- Mercer HayesBoy
character on TV's "Veronica Mars"
- Mercer StreetBoy
Manhattan, New York
Variations & nicknames
- MerceBoy