Merrit
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
- Given to boys 62.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 183since 1912
Merrit over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
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| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #4,907 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
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| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Merrit! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Merrit is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Merrit in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Merrit
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1913 at #2,273 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1914, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73,224
- Highest: 1 in 73,224 boys born in 1913 were named Merrit (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,580 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.0% of all boys named Merrit (33) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
- Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 25 | #2,273 (1913) | #2,984 |
| 1920s | 33 | #3,451 (1927) | #3,627 |
| 1930s | 24 | #2,781 (1930) | #3,372 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,459 (1940) | #3,459 |
| 1950s | 21 | #2,743 (1954) | #3,312 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,542 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,907 (1971) | #4,907 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,670 (1992) | #6,670 |
| 2000s | 11 | #10,994 (2009) | #11,681 |
| 2010s | 28 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,330 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,411 |
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.
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