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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 4,008 of them was named Merritt, which outranked 95.9% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 14,599 of them was named Merritt, which outranked 89.2% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #1,492Jermaine118
- #1,492Kyair118
- #1,492Nickolas118
- #1,499Merritt117
- #1,499Carver117
- #1,499Clarence117
- #1,499Decker117
- #1,509Brent116
- #1,509Freddie116
- #1,509Masai116
Tied with 9 names at #1,499; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.