Merritt

#703 for girls in 2025, 401 births · #1,499 for boys in 2025, 117 births
Given to boys 65.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#394
1899 · 22 births
Debut · boys
1880
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,151
since 1880

Merritt over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202024peak #394, 1899girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#703401#1,499117
2024#1,406159#1,89184
2023#1,557136#1,89683
2022#1,540139#1,96578
2021#1,641127#1,87082
2020#1,524139#1,84980
2019#1,598133#1,77787
2018#1,451151#1,576106
2017#1,331175#1,554105
2016#1,480155#1,89078
2015#2,29481#2,01971
2014#2,17687#2,11665
2013#3,21850#2,13962
2012#3,64443#2,81142
2011#3,91638#2,90440
2010#4,60831#3,12836
2009#4,67731#3,27434
2008#3,64544#3,74428
2007#4,29935#3,37932
2006#5,90622#3,60228
2005#3,73039#3,52827
2004#4,09334#3,36828
2003#3,29144#4,11420
2002#4,76725#3,34926
2001#3,63136#3,84221
2000#4,18529#3,42324
1999#3,71832#3,37623
1998#5,12320#4,41315
1997#3,36534#3,45520
1996#3,63230#3,40620
1995#3,22035#2,84725
1994#4,23824#3,59618
1993#7,49811#3,14121
1992#5,05119#3,45918
1991#4,65021#3,32518
1990#4,38022#3,60716
1989#4,35821#2,29229
1988#4,17221#2,96118
1987#3,74323#2,33324
1986#3,75722#2,22625
1985#3,62123#2,42721
1984#3,72621#2,82416
1983#5,45712#2,34121
1982#5,91111#2,83116
1981#4,96314#2,41820
1980#4,51716#2,61718
1979#3,23625#2,15723
1978#2,80129#2,37519
1977#3,91118#1,94825
1976#3,81217#2,82614
1975#3,25921#2,28819
1974#3,42619#2,19919
1973#3,78716#2,21618
1972#3,06221#1,77125
1971#3,94315#1,78425
1970#2,39531#1,61528
1969#2,20833#1,46330
1968#2,12632#1,61424
1967#2,32727#1,54025
1966#1,88237#1,29934
1965—#1,45628
1964#3,24416#1,21940
1963#3,80112#1,40331
1962#3,59213#1,24239
1961#3,06017#1,19644
1960—#1,27338
1959—#1,10149
1958#6,1035#1,51127
1957—#1,16544
1956—#1,19341
1955—#1,07549
1954—#98557
1953—#95057
1952—#1,06646
1951#4,8336#1,01748
1950—#97351
1949—#93555
1948—#91057
1947—#93856
1946—#84860
1945—#85054
1944—#83257
1943—#79768
1942—#91053
1941—#80761
1940—#86253
1939—#73367
1938—#77063
1937—#78761
1936—#71969
1935—#88151
1934—#77963
1933—#77562
1932—#83658
1931—#74269
1930—#73075
1929—#69579
1928—#66389
1927—#71383
1926—#65194
1925—#71582
1924—#579121
1923—#68289
1922—#623107
1921—#592115
1920—#609107
1919#4,8145#69580
1918—#63793
1917—#60397
1916—#59795
1915—#64780
1914—#68755
1913—#53765
1912—#55652
1911—#73219
1910—#82214
1909—#75614
1908—#9469
1907—#73513
1906—#52319
1905—#52519
1904—#56616
1903—#65612
1902—#58314
1901—#7798
1900—#1,0507
1899—#39422
1898—#41822
1897—#47317
1896—#55114
1895—#55614
1894—#39922
1893—#47915
1892—#48017
1891—#49713
1890—#56612
1889—#54912
1888—#58012
1887—#46114
1886—#60510
1885—#41119
1884—#6639
1883—#6449
1882—#9435
1881—#48713
1880—#40318
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #394 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1901–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,828
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.7% of all boys named Merritt (966) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
  • Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s121#403 (1880)#575
1890s168#394 (1899)#481
1900s131#523 (1906)#712
1910s650#537 (1913)#651
1920s966#579 (1924)#652
1930s638#719 (1936)#775
1940s574#797 (1943)#869
1950s469#950 (1953)#1,104
1960s333#1,196 (1961)#1,371
1970s215#1,615 (1970)#2,118
1980s208#2,226 (1986)#2,527
1990s194#2,847 (1995)#3,463
2000s268#3,274 (2009)#3,562
2010s692#1,554 (2017)#2,191
2020s524#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 2024

girls
#1,406
159 births · 1 in 10,190 girls
boys
#1,891
84 births · 1 in 20,511 boys

Top girls' names in 2024

  1. #1Olivia14,772
  2. #2Emma13,524
  3. #3Amelia12,786
  4. #4Charlotte12,597
  5. #5Mia12,149
  6. #6Sophia12,126
  7. #7Isabella10,810
  8. #8Evelyn9,146
  9. #9Ava8,700
  10. #10Sofia8,113
  11. #1,406Merritt159

Top boys' names in 2024

  1. #1Liam22,252
  2. #2Noah20,409
  3. #3Oliver15,396
  4. #4Theodore12,069
  5. #5James11,856
  6. #6Henry11,596
  7. #7Mateo11,349
  8. #8Elijah11,238
  9. #9Lucas10,743
  10. #10William10,647
  11. #1,891Merritt84
More about 2024

girls

1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 10,190 of them was named Merritt, which outranked 92.1% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Merritt
  1. #1,398Giada160
  2. #1,398Harlyn160
  3. #1,398Jewel160
  4. #1,406Merritt159
  5. #1,406Atlas159
  6. #1,406Devorah159
  7. #1,406Elyana159
  8. #1,414Amiya158
  9. #1,414Anneliese158
  10. #1,414Inez158

Tied with 7 names at #1,406; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 756Ailany#857 → #101
  2. ↑ 439Aylani#1,001 → #562
  3. ↑ 426Marjorie#1,248 → #822
  4. ↑ 414Scottie#616 → #202
  5. ↑ 365Elodie#737 → #372
Fallers
  1. ↓ 605Emryn#887 → #1,492
  2. ↓ 307Zhuri#862 → #1,169
  3. ↓ 301Layne#974 → #1,275
  4. ↓ 273Alitzel#876 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 267Aleyna#964 → #1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 20,511 of them was named Merritt, which outranked 86.8% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Merritt
  1. #1,878Kadence85
  2. #1,878Klayton85
  3. #1,878Konrad85
  4. #1,891Merritt84
  5. #1,891Alias84
  6. #1,891Aren84
  7. #1,891Everardo84
  8. #1,902Alastor83
  9. #1,902Beauden83
  10. #1,902Bodi83

Tied with 10 names at #1,891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,833Truce#10,821 → #988
  2. ↑ 1,201Colsen#1,832 → #631
  3. ↑ 616Bryer#1,485 → #869
  4. ↑ 470Halo#1,458 → #988
  5. ↑ 348Azaiah#1,230 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Khari#827 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 309Karsyn#977 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 256Kye#940 → #1,196
  4. ↓ 225Kole#971 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 224Khai#723 → #947

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2024 →