Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Merritt**

#1,223 most common boys' name of all time · #2,924 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,223
Rank overall
#2,924 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
9,382
Since 2016
2,615
Peak year
2025 #1,500
Best rank
#397 1899
Girls Boys peak 518/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Merritt is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 401 117 518 #1,500
2024 159 84 243 #1,891
2023 136 83 219 #1,897
2022 139 78 217 #1,968
2021 127 82 209 #1,870
2020 139 80 219 #1,852
2019 133 87 220 #1,778
2018 151 106 257 #1,577
2017 175 105 280 #1,557
2016 155 78 233 #1,890
2015 81 71 152 #2,020
2014 87 65 152 #2,116
2013 50 62 112 #2,139
2012 43 42 85 #2,812
2011 38 40 78 #2,906
2010 31 36 67 #3,129
2009 31 34 65 #3,275
2008 44 28 72 #3,746
2007 35 32 67 #3,382
2006 22 28 50 #3,604
2005 39 27 66 #3,531
2004 34 28 62 #3,369
2003 44 20 64 #4,118
2002 25 26 51 #3,351
2001 36 21 57 #3,843
2000 29 24 53 #3,424
1999 32 23 55 #3,380
1998 20 15 35 #4,420
1997 34 20 54 #3,459
1996 30 20 50 #3,410
1995 35 25 60 #2,849
1994 24 18 42 #3,602
1993 11 21 32 #3,146
1992 19 18 37 #3,464
1991 21 18 39 #3,329
1990 22 16 38 #3,617
1989 21 29 50 #2,297
1988 21 18 39 #2,964
1987 23 24 47 #2,338
1986 22 25 47 #2,232
1985 23 21 44 #2,432
1984 21 16 37 #2,828
1983 12 21 33 #2,343
1982 11 16 27 #2,838
1981 14 20 34 #2,421
1980 16 18 34 #2,622
1979 25 23 48 #2,161
1978 29 19 48 #2,379
1977 18 25 43 #1,953
1976 17 14 31 #2,833
1975 21 19 40 #2,295
1974 19 19 38 #2,208
1973 16 18 34 #2,219
1972 21 25 46 #1,774
1971 15 25 40 #1,785
1970 31 28 59 #1,620
1969 33 30 63 #1,464
1968 32 24 56 #1,617
1967 27 25 52 #1,542
1966 37 34 71 #1,302
1965 — 28 28 #1,458
1964 16 40 56 #1,220
1963 12 31 43 #1,404
1962 13 39 52 #1,243
1961 17 44 61 #1,196
1960 — 38 38 #1,276
1959 — 49 49 #1,102
1958 5 27 32 #1,512
1957 — 44 44 #1,167
1956 — 41 41 #1,193
1955 — 49 49 #1,077
1954 — 57 57 #987
1953 — 57 57 #951
1952 — 46 46 #1,066
1951 6 48 54 #1,020
1950 — 51 51 #973
1949 — 55 55 #935
1948 — 57 57 #911
1947 — 56 56 #940
1946 — 60 60 #850
1945 — 54 54 #852
1944 — 57 57 #834
1943 — 68 68 #798
1942 — 53 53 #912
1941 — 61 61 #809
1940 — 53 53 #865
1939 — 67 67 #735
1938 — 63 63 #771
1937 — 61 61 #787
1936 — 69 69 #721
1935 — 51 51 #885
1934 — 63 63 #780
1933 — 62 62 #776
1932 — 58 58 #838
1931 — 69 69 #743
1930 — 75 75 #732
1929 — 79 79 #695
1928 — 89 89 #665
1927 — 83 83 #713
1926 — 94 94 #651
1925 — 82 82 #715
1924 — 121 121 #579
1923 — 89 89 #684
1922 — 107 107 #623
1921 — 115 115 #592
1920 — 107 107 #611
1919 5 80 85 #697
1918 — 93 93 #637
1917 — 97 97 #604
1916 — 95 95 #597
1915 — 80 80 #648
1914 — 55 55 #688
1913 — 65 65 #537
1912 — 52 52 #557
1911 — 19 19 #734
1910 — 14 14 #829
1909 — 14 14 #767
1908 — 9 9 #958
1907 — 13 13 #745
1906 — 19 19 #528
1905 — 19 19 #532
1904 — 16 16 #575
1903 — 12 12 #667
1902 — 14 14 #593
1901 — 8 8 #790
1900 — 7 7 #1,067
1899 — 22 22 #397
1898 — 22 22 #424
1897 — 17 17 #481
1896 — 14 14 #563
1895 — 14 14 #560
1894 — 22 22 #406
1893 — 15 15 #484
1892 — 17 17 #486
1891 — 13 13 #505
1890 — 12 12 #577
1889 — 12 12 #557
1888 — 12 12 #589
1887 — 14 14 #467
1886 — 10 10 #610
1885 — 19 19 #417
1884 — 9 9 #668
1883 — 9 9 #648
1882 — 5 5 #960
1881 — 13 13 #492
1880 — 18 18 #418