Merritt
Merritt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 84 births. Its best rank was 400th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 840.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1924121 births
- Best rank
- #400in 1899
- Since 1880
- 8,863people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,034 boys have been named Merritt in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 121 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Merritt is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (2,829), most of them born around 2017.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Merritt | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 121 | |
| 1890s | 168 | |
| 1900s | 131 | |
| 1910s | 650 | |
| 1920s | 966 | |
| 1930s | 638 | |
| 1940s | 574 | |
| 1950s | 469 | |
| 1960s | 333 | |
| 1970s | 215 | |
| 1980s | 208 | |
| 1990s | 194 | |
| 2000s | 268 | |
| 2010s | 692 | |
| 2020s | 407 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Merritt was the 580th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Merritt
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fosterpeak 2023
- Warnerpeak 1921
- Emilepeak 1922
- Evanspeak 2024
- Omerpeak 1918
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Valentinepeak 1918
- Noblepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.