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Is Mercedes a Male or Female Name?

Mercedes is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Mercedes globally is 1.4% males and 98.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is France with 10.2% and the country with the highest female ratio is Venezuela with 99.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Mercedes in percentages: Globally: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, Spain: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, United States: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, Colombia: 1.0% males, 99.0% females, Peru: 2.5% males, 97.5% females, Argentina: 0.5% males, 99.5% females, Mexico: 1.3% males, 98.7% females, Chile: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, Ecuador: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Italy: 4.3% males, 95.7% females, Bolivia: 0.6% males, 99.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Mercedes are 55-64 years old, making up 33.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Mercedes in each age group: 18-24: 4.0%, 25-34: 6.5%, 35-44: 8.4%, 45-54: 16.3%, 55-64: 33.4%, 65+: 31.5%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Mercedes is Spain with 0.1929% of the population. Following is Argentina and Ecuador.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Mercedes measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Mercedes year over year: 1956: 0.0317‰, 1957: 0.0406‰, 1958: 0.0384‰, 1959: 0.0389‰, 1960: 0.0387‰, 1961: 0.0382‰, 1962: 0.0386‰, 1963: 0.0378‰, 1964: 0.0327‰, 1965: 0.0331‰, 1966: 0.0316‰, 1967: 0.0299‰, 1968: 0.028‰, 1969: 0.0292‰, 1970: 0.0223‰, 1971: 0.0212‰, 1972: 0.0204‰, 1973: 0.0175‰, 1974: 0.0181‰, 1975: 0.0156‰, 1976: 0.0154‰, 1977: 0.0123‰, 1978: 0.0129‰, 1979: 0.0111‰, 1980: 0.0092‰, 1981: 0.0096‰, 1982: 0.0105‰, 1983: 0.0094‰, 1984: 0.009‰, 1985: 0.0082‰, 1986: 0.0071‰, 1987: 0.0081‰, 1988: 0.0068‰, 1989: 0.0067‰, 1990: 0.0065‰, 1991: 0.0075‰, 1992: 0.0071‰, 1993: 0.0054‰, 1994: 0.0057‰, 1995: 0.0061‰, 1996: 0.0045‰, 1997: 0.0035‰, 1998: 0.0075‰, 1999: 0.0043‰, 2000: 0.0038‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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