Merton
Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 27 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,247since 1880
Merton over time
Rank among boys' names. Merton has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,430 | 28 |
| 1951 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,093 | 44 |
| 1946 | #1,176 | 35 |
| 1945 | #1,204 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,018 | 41 |
| 1943 | #897 | 55 |
| 1942 | #910 | 53 |
| 1941 | #807 | 61 |
| 1940 | #952 | 45 |
| 1939 | #954 | 43 |
| 1938 | #784 | 61 |
| 1937 | #691 | 75 |
| 1936 | #774 | 62 |
| 1935 | #670 | 79 |
| 1934 | #682 | 79 |
| 1933 | #634 | 83 |
| 1932 | #626 | 90 |
| 1931 | #688 | 76 |
| 1930 | #564 | 113 |
| 1929 | #580 | 106 |
| 1928 | #546 | 124 |
| 1927 | #528 | 134 |
| 1926 | #573 | 115 |
| 1925 | #513 | 141 |
| 1924 | #547 | 132 |
| 1923 | #511 | 141 |
| 1922 | #557 | 129 |
| 1921 | #528 | 139 |
| 1920 | #493 | 150 |
| 1919 | #587 | 104 |
| 1918 | #512 | 137 |
| 1917 | #541 | 116 |
| 1916 | #528 | 117 |
| 1915 | #544 | 105 |
| 1914 | #569 | 77 |
| 1913 | #586 | 56 |
| 1912 | #507 | 60 |
| 1911 | #514 | 33 |
| 1910 | #755 | 16 |
| 1909 | #590 | 20 |
| 1908 | #489 | 26 |
| 1907 | #511 | 21 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #592 | 16 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #521 | 17 |
| 1901 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #556 | 14 |
| 1896 | #500 | 17 |
| 1895 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #509 | 14 |
| 1892 | #445 | 19 |
| 1891 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #438 | 15 |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #346 | 23 |
| 1882 | #399 | 20 |
| 1881 | #416 | 17 |
| 1880 | #325 | 27 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Merton was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Merton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 603 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #559)
- Biggest drop: 335 spots in 1906 (#592 → #927)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #325 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1901–1943
- Highest: 1 in 4,092 boys born in 1880 were named Merton (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,740 boys born in 1995 (0.00%)
- 30.9% of all boys named Merton (1,311) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 158 | #325 (1880) | #494 |
| 1890s | 128 | #445 (1892) | #599 |
| 1900s | 145 | #489 (1908) | #696 |
| 1910s | 821 | #507 (1912) | #564 |
| 1920s | 1,311 | #493 (1920) | #538 |
| 1930s | 761 | #564 (1930) | #707 |
| 1940s | 428 | #807 (1941) | #1,061 |
| 1950s | 239 | #1,289 (1950) | #1,635 |
| 1960s | 135 | #1,900 (1964) | #2,315 |
| 1970s | 84 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,616 |
| 1980s | 27 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,524 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,784 |
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.
Merton in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 11,602 of them was named Merton, which outranked 85.4% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).