Merrick*
#1,507 most common boys' name of all time · #3,661 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1905–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,507
Rank overall
#3,661 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
6,311
Since 2016
2,323
Peak year
2017 #823
Best rank
#818 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 296/yr
Merrick first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 174 | 191 | #1,184 |
| 2024 | 16 | 167 | 183 | #1,212 |
| 2023 | 19 | 210 | 229 | #1,041 |
| 2022 | 15 | 208 | 223 | #1,059 |
| 2021 | 21 | 218 | 239 | #1,003 |
| 2020 | 13 | 205 | 218 | #1,014 |
| 2019 | 12 | 216 | 228 | #986 |
| 2018 | 19 | 274 | 293 | #818 |
| 2017 | 24 | 272 | 296 | #823 |
| 2016 | 15 | 208 | 223 | #981 |
| 2015 | 20 | 192 | 212 | #1,043 |
| 2014 | 12 | 197 | 209 | #1,029 |
| 2013 | 13 | 155 | 168 | #1,163 |
| 2012 | 13 | 143 | 156 | #1,238 |
| 2011 | 11 | 116 | 127 | #1,428 |
| 2010 | 13 | 126 | 139 | #1,352 |
| 2009 | 10 | 145 | 155 | #1,234 |
| 2008 | 16 | 145 | 161 | #1,213 |
| 2007 | 18 | 170 | 188 | #1,081 |
| 2006 | 23 | 159 | 182 | #1,102 |
| 2005 | 18 | 136 | 154 | #1,174 |
| 2004 | 14 | 128 | 142 | #1,197 |
| 2003 | 16 | 79 | 95 | #1,594 |
| 2002 | 13 | 64 | 77 | #1,798 |
| 2001 | 24 | 80 | 104 | #1,518 |
| 2000 | 7 | 69 | 76 | #1,668 |
| 1999 | 6 | 71 | 77 | #1,566 |
| 1998 | 5 | 58 | 63 | #1,746 |
| 1997 | 15 | 42 | 57 | #2,102 |
| 1996 | 9 | 59 | 68 | #1,643 |
| 1995 | 6 | 61 | 67 | #1,552 |
| 1994 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,053 |
| 1993 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,746 |
| 1992 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,221 |
| 1991 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,554 |
| 1990 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,882 |
| 1989 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #2,806 |
| 1988 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,535 |
| 1987 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #2,237 |
| 1986 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #2,618 |
| 1985 | 10 | 31 | 41 | #1,884 |
| 1984 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,732 |
| 1983 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #3,111 |
| 1982 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #2,993 |
| 1981 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #2,514 |
| 1980 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,639 |
| 1979 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,048 |
| 1978 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,807 |
| 1977 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,838 |
| 1976 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,764 |
| 1975 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,314 |
| 1974 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,710 |
| 1973 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,244 |
| 1972 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,891 |
| 1971 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,751 |
| 1970 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,679 |
| 1969 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,828 |
| 1968 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1967 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,179 |
| 1966 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,994 |
| 1965 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1964 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,242 |
| 1963 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,718 |
| 1962 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,145 |
| 1961 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,105 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,359 |
| 1959 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,007 |
| 1958 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,925 |
| 1957 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,978 |
| 1956 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,916 |
| 1955 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,946 |
| 1954 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,793 |
| 1953 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,933 |
| 1952 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1951 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,188 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,501 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,176 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,081 |
| 1947 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,959 |
| 1946 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,736 |
| 1945 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,978 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,544 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,041 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,606 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,278 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,407 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,377 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,549 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,573 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,356 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,082 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,107 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,660 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,543 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,982 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,490 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,926 |
| 1922 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,103 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,051 |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,040 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,951 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,811 |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,294 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,502 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,181 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,412 |