Merritt
#703 for girls in 2025, 401 births · #1,499 for boys in 2025, 117 births
Given to boys 65.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,151since 1880
Merritt over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #703 | 401 | #1,499 | 117 |
| 2024 | #1,406 | 159 | #1,891 | 84 |
| 2023 | #1,557 | 136 | #1,896 | 83 |
| 2022 | #1,540 | 139 | #1,965 | 78 |
| 2021 | #1,641 | 127 | #1,870 | 82 |
| 2020 | #1,524 | 139 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #1,598 | 133 | #1,777 | 87 |
| 2018 | #1,451 | 151 | #1,576 | 106 |
| 2017 | #1,331 | 175 | #1,554 | 105 |
| 2016 | #1,480 | 155 | #1,890 | 78 |
| 2015 | #2,294 | 81 | #2,019 | 71 |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 | #2,116 | 65 |
| 2013 | #3,218 | 50 | #2,139 | 62 |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #2,904 | 40 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #3,128 | 36 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | #1,771 | 25 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #1,242 | 39 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #1,196 | 44 |
| 1960 | — | #1,273 | 38 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,101 | 49 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,193 | 41 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,075 | 49 | |
| 1954 | — | #985 | 57 | |
| 1953 | — | #950 | 57 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,066 | 46 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | — | #973 | 51 | |
| 1949 | — | #935 | 55 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #938 | 56 | |
| 1946 | — | #848 | 60 | |
| 1945 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1944 | — | #832 | 57 | |
| 1943 | — | #797 | 68 | |
| 1942 | — | #910 | 53 | |
| 1941 | — | #807 | 61 | |
| 1940 | — | #862 | 53 | |
| 1939 | — | #733 | 67 | |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | — | #787 | 61 | |
| 1936 | — | #719 | 69 | |
| 1935 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1934 | — | #779 | 63 | |
| 1933 | — | #775 | 62 | |
| 1932 | — | #836 | 58 | |
| 1931 | — | #742 | 69 | |
| 1930 | — | #730 | 75 | |
| 1929 | — | #695 | 79 | |
| 1928 | — | #663 | 89 | |
| 1927 | — | #713 | 83 | |
| 1926 | — | #651 | 94 | |
| 1925 | — | #715 | 82 | |
| 1924 | — | #579 | 121 | |
| 1923 | — | #682 | 89 | |
| 1922 | — | #623 | 107 | |
| 1921 | — | #592 | 115 | |
| 1920 | — | #609 | 107 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #695 | 80 |
| 1918 | — | #637 | 93 | |
| 1917 | — | #603 | 97 | |
| 1916 | — | #597 | 95 | |
| 1915 | — | #647 | 80 | |
| 1914 | — | #687 | 55 | |
| 1913 | — | #537 | 65 | |
| 1912 | — | #556 | 52 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #394 | 22 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #411 | 19 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #487 | 13 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Merritt was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Merritt
- 392 spots since 2024 (#1,891 → #1,499)
- 350 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,499)
- 520 spots since 2015 (#2,019 → #1,499)
- Biggest jump: 299 spots in 1883 (#943 → #644)
- Biggest drop: 656 spots in 1900 (#394 → #1,050)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #394 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1901–1950
- Highest: 1 in 4,828 boys born in 1899 were named Merritt (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,599 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.7% of all boys named Merritt (966) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 121 | #403 (1880) | #575 |
| 1890s | 168 | #394 (1899) | #481 |
| 1900s | 131 | #523 (1906) | #712 |
| 1910s | 650 | #537 (1913) | #651 |
| 1920s | 966 | #579 (1924) | #652 |
| 1930s | 638 | #719 (1936) | #775 |
| 1940s | 574 | #797 (1943) | #869 |
| 1950s | 469 | #950 (1953) | #1,104 |
| 1960s | 333 | #1,196 (1961) | #1,371 |
| 1970s | 215 | #1,615 (1970) | #2,118 |
| 1980s | 208 | #2,226 (1986) | #2,527 |
| 1990s | 194 | #2,847 (1995) | #3,463 |
| 2000s | 268 | #3,274 (2009) | #3,562 |
| 2010s | 692 | #1,554 (2017) | #2,191 |
| 2020s | 524 | #1,499 (2025) | #1,828 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Merritt in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 226,023 of them was named Merritt, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 745 names at #4,814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 12,252 of them was named Merritt, which outranked 85.6% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).