How Many People Are Named Mert?
people named Mert are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 659,816 people in the US has this name
Based on 554 babies named Mert in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "manly, brave" in Turkish, from Persian مرد (mard) meaning "man".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mert in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mert alive today is about 14 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mert first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2018, to 32 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mert has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,488, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #4,339.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,339 |
| Best rank | #3,488 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,531 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mert alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mert were born in New York than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today.
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