girls:
94 births since 2009
#5622 (2nd percentile)
boys:
185 births since 1972
#4401 (4th percentile)
overall:
279 births since 1972
#7460 (4th percentile)
The name Mercury is the #7,460 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 279 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,401 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 185 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,622 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 2009.
Mercury first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 2009 for girls). Birth data for Mercury is available in 23 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (23 years for boys and 10 years for girls). 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 Mercury has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Mercury were boys.
For boys, Mercury reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #900) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mercury is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #900 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
For girls, Mercury reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #936) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mercury is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #936 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mercury".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Mercury. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.1% confident that Mercury is pronounced as MER-kyer-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MER-kyue-ree, at 10.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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