Is Mercer a boy or girl name?

Mercer is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,558 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 13.7% were girls and 86.3% were boys.

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Mercer

Recorded 1881–2025 · United States

Mercer was most popular in 2016, when 61 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,896 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,152, with 57 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,558 people named Mercer.

Mercer over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mercer’s peak in 2016. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mercer a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mercer is mostly a boy’s name — 13.7% of the 1,558 Americans given it were girls and 86.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Mercer

Where Mercer is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Georgia 20.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org