How Many People Are Named Merritt?
people named Merritt are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 55,502 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,382 babies named Merritt in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
518 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "boundary gate" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Merritt, 51.5% were girls and 48.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Merritt rose from 0% in the 1880s to 67.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merritt alive today is about 26 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merritt first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 518 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Merritt has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #400, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #1,505. Among girls, its best rank was #703, in 2025.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,505 | #703 |
| Best rank | #400 (1899) | #703 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #648 in the 1920s | #1,267 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merritt alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merritt were born in Texas than in any other state: about 405 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merritt was given 2.9 times as often in North Carolina, 2.3 times in Nebraska and 2.1 times in Alabama.
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