girls:
913 births since 1963
#4803 (16th percentile)
boys:
41 births since 2018
#4545 (1st percentile)
overall:
954 births since 1963
#6785 (12th percentile)
The name Merci is the #6,785 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 954 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 12.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,803 (15.9% percentile) for all time with 913 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #4,545 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 41 births since 2018.
Merci first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Merci is available in 51 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 6 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Merci has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.6% of babies named Merci were girls.
For girls, Merci reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #881) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 38 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Merci ranks #904 for girls (4.5% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 73.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Merci reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #925) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Merci ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Merci".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Merci. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.0% confident that Merci is pronounced as MER-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mer-SEE, at 34.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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