Meaning and history
Mercedes means “mercies,” the plural of mercy, and comes from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, or “Our Lady of Mercies.” The name ultimately derives from the Latin merces, meaning “wages” or “reward,” which in Vulgar Latin came to mean “favour” or “pity.”
20062006: 730 births, rank #437
2007: 664 births, rank #489
2008: 583 births, rank #524
2009: 457 births, rank #645
2010: 436 births, rank #665
20112011: 366 births, rank #752
2012: 398 births, rank #706
2013: 301 births, rank #857
2014: 271 births, rank #984
2015: 244 births, rank #1,078
20162016: 255 births, rank #1,037
2017: 246 births, rank #1,046
2018: 237 births, rank #1,071
2019: 196 births, rank #1,196
2020: 176 births, rank #1,271
20212021: 195 births, rank #1,215
2022: 194 births, rank #1,239
2023: 158 births, rank #1,415
2024: 152 births, rank #1,446
20252025: 150 births, rank #1,436
Mercedes moved from #859 to #986 for girls between 2013 and 2014. Its highest annual birth count came in 1991, with 1,798 births.