Mercer Popularity by Year
Follow Mercer across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Mercer birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 52 | #2,539 | Up 506 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 5 | #14,942 | Down 5,386 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 40 | #3,045 | Up 371 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 10 | #9,556 | Down 567 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 34 | #3,416 | Down 4 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 11 | #8,989 | Up 3,254 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 34 | #3,412 | Down 391 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 7 | #12,243 | Down 3,265 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 40 | #3,021 | Up 397 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 11 | #8,978 | Down 25 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 32 | #3,418 | Down 275 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 11 | #8,953 | Up 6,586 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 37 | #3,143 | Down 88 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 5 | #15,539 | Down 6,388 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 38 | #3,055 | Up 257 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 11 | #9,151 | Down 1,311 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 34 | #3,312 | Down 586 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 14 | #7,840 | Down 939 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 44 | #2,726 | Up 359 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 17 | #6,901 | Up 4,934 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 37 | #3,085 | Up 608 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 8 | #11,835 | Down 4,533 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 28 | #3,693 | Down 32 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 16 | #7,302 | Up 1,734 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 28 | #3,661 | Up 1,201 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 12 | #9,036 | Up 4,447 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 19 | #4,862 | Down 1,070 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 7 | #13,483 | Up 3,281 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 27 | #3,792 | Up 1,686 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | Down 1,805 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 16 | #5,478 | Down 556 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 6 | #14,959 | Up 283 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 19 | #4,922 | Down 21 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 6 | #15,242 | Down 1,410 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 19 | #4,901 | Down 1,214 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 226 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 28 | #3,687 | Up 5,045 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 8 | #8,732 | Down 3,154 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 7 | #13,606 | Down 3,714 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 14 | #5,578 | Down 785 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 17 | #4,793 | Up 765 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 10 | #9,892 | Up 5,892 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 13 | #5,558 | Up 964 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 5 | #15,784 | Down 11,498 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 10 | #6,522 | Down 1,846 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 16 | #4,676 | Up 1,244 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 11 | #5,920 | Down 1,158 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 14 | #4,762 | Up 704 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 11 | #5,466 | Up 2,505 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 6 | #7,971 | Up 897 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 1,230 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 6 | #7,638 | Down 697 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Down 1,818 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 748 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 6 | #4,375 | Down 539 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 7 | #3,836 | Up 568 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 5 | #4,404 | Down 1,155 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 7 | #3,249 | Down 395 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 9 | #2,854 | Up 464 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 7 | #3,318 | Down 814 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 11 | #2,504 | Up 396 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 9 | #2,900 | Up 137 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 8 | #3,037 | Down 772 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 13 | #2,265 | Up 1,287 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 6 | #3,552 | Up 334 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 5 | #3,886 | Down 1,437 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 11 | #2,449 | Down 162 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 12 | #2,287 | Up 588 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 8 | #2,875 | Up 191 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 7 | #3,066 | Up 615 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 5 | #3,681 | Down 1,355 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 11 | #2,326 | Down 75 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 12 | #2,251 | Up 283 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 9 | #2,534 | Up 40 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 8 | #2,574 | Down 684 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 14 | #1,890 | Up 842 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 8 | #2,732 | Down 933 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 16 | #1,799 | Up 104 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Up 768 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 8 | #2,671 | Up 809 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 5 | #3,480 | Down 1,154 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 10 | #2,326 | Up 354 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 8 | #2,680 | Up 869 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 5 | #3,549 | Down 1,020 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 9 | #2,529 | Up 1,150 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 5 | #3,679 | Down 1,465 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 11 | #2,214 | Up 114 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 11 | #2,328 | Down 249 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 14 | #2,079 | Down 146 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 16 | #1,933 | Up 1,424 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 7 | #3,357 | Up 94 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 7 | #3,451 | Down 1,470 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 6 | #4,286 | Up 20 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 16 | #1,981 | Down 530 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 6 | #4,306 | Up 703 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 26 | #1,451 | Up 513 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 17 | #1,964 | Down 268 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 21 | #1,696 | Up 344 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 16 | #2,040 | Up 19 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 5 | #5,009 | Down 415 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 16 | #2,059 | Down 312 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 20 | #1,747 | Up 5 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 19 | #1,752 | Up 791 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 11 | #2,543 | Down 557 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 15 | #1,986 | Up 273 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 5 | #4,594 | — |
| 1916 | Boys | 12 | #2,259 | Up 51 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 11 | #2,310 | Down 442 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 12 | #1,868 | Up 628 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 6 | #2,496 | Down 451 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 7 | #2,045 | Down 456 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 5 | #1,589 | Down 312 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 6 | #1,277 | Down 349 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 6 | #928 | Up 103 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 5 | #1,031 | Down 165 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 5 | #866 | — |