Name meaning & stats
Mercedes
Mercedes means “mercies” (Spanish origin). 39,201 US babies since 1940, peak 1991.
What it means
“mercies”
SpanishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1991
39,201 US babies were named Mercedes between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mercedes (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1991)