Merci Girl
How popular is Merci?
#3,458 girl name in 2025
44 baby girls were named Merci in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name. Another 11 boys got the name (#7,190 for boys).
Merci popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,458 for girls (▲ 928 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 44 girls, 11 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,402 in 2015, #3,281 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (69 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,538 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 11% boys, 89% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Merci counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mercy family of names ranked #715 for girls in 2025 (#745 the year before), with 368 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy | 313 | 85% |
| Merci | 44 | 12% |
| Mercie | 11 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Merci is most popular
Babies named Merci per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Merci by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25 | #4,299 |
| 1970s | 64 | #4,585 |
| 1980s | 46 | #5,909 |
| 1990s | 44 | #9,472 |
| 2000s | 161 | #4,902 |
| 2010s | 365 | #2,538 |
| 2020s | 286 | #2,639 |
Girl names about as popular as Merci
Questions
- Is Merci a boy or girl name?
- Merci is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 89% of babies named Merci were girls.
- How popular is the name Merci?
- 44 baby girls were named Merci in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name. Another 11 boys got the name (#7,190 for boys).
- When was Merci most popular?
- Merci peaked in 2019, when 69 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,538 in 2019.
- How many people are named Merci?
- 1,055 babies have been named Merci in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,043 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Merci most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Merci was most common in Georgia, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.