Mert
#6,856 most common boys' name of all time · #17,225 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among boys
#6,856
Rank overall
#17,225 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
554
Since 2016
203
Peak year
2018 #3,460
Best rank
#3,460 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Mert first appears in 1915. 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 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,269 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,236 |
| 2023 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,693 |
| 2022 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,663 |
| 2021 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,377 |
| 2020 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,302 |
| 2019 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,660 |
| 2018 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,460 |
| 2017 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,016 |
| 2016 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,156 |
| 2015 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,744 |
| 2014 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,285 |
| 2013 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,205 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,753 |
| 2011 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,460 |
| 2010 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,263 |
| 2009 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,840 |
| 2008 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,444 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,309 |
| 2006 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,115 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,173 |
| 2004 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,820 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,933 |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,733 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,722 |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,835 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,079 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,938 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,353 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,595 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,041 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,899 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,295 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,198 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,861 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,958 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,061 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,540 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,607 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,298 |