Merced

Boy · recorded 1905–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1905

0234519051934196319922021

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 87 recorded years as a table
Merced, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190545
191314
191414
19168
191710
191810
191916
19215
19229
192311
192410
19259
19268
192711
19285
19296
193014
19336
193412
19357
193613
19379
19386
193912
194012
194214
194510
19464
19478
19483
19496
19506
195110
19526
19534
19543
19552
19566
19575
19592
19604
19616
19624
19643
19653
19663
19673
19683
19693
19704
19725
19736
19743
19755
19765
19777
19785
19794
19814
19826
19834
19845
19853
19863
19876
19884
19895
19903
19914
19926
19934
19946
19954
19964
19973
19984
19993
20007
20024
20034
20053
20074
20084
20103
20133
20163
20214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merced isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
7
Rank in 2021
#9,714
How rare
1 in 249,926 boys
Since 1905
764

Merced was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 45 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Merced doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.