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SHARED SPELLING

✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Merced

Used in both girl and boy records

Merced appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Merced by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDMerced as a girl’s nameUS records 1914–2010
#17521girl rank1924peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDMerced as a boy’s nameUS records 1905–2021
#5256boy rank1942peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Merced in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl192412 uses#280919241914–201028 listed years
Boy194219 uses#109119051905–201686 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.