How Many People Are Named Merton?
people named Merton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 507,852 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,247 babies named Merton in Social Security records from 1880 to 1995, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
150 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merton alive today is about 71 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 150 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1995.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1995
🏆 Rank History
Merton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #333, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #333 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #535 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merton were born in New York than in any other state: about 50 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merton was given 21.2 times as often in Maine, 5.4 times in Minnesota and 3.8 times in Wisconsin.
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