Merrit**
#9,712 most common boys' name of all time · #24,556 across all names · 62% male / 38% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,712
Rank overall
#24,556 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
295
Since 2016
77
Peak year
2025
Best rank
#2,445 1913
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Merrit first appears in 1912. 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 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,906 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,838 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,891 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,840 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,196 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,397 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,095 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,498 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,755 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #5,072 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1962 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,215 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,154 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,319 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,850 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,651 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,751 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,863 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,585 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,388 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,601 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,666 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,622 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,543 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,877 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,445 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,848 |