NameTides

Merrick

Merrick was the #1,183 boys' name in the US in 2025 (174 babies), and #1,083 in Canada.

Merrick as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Merrick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Merrick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,183 (174)—#1,083 (23)
2024#1,211 (167)#5,120 (3)#1,156 (20)
2023#1,040 (210)#3,524 (5)#1,015 (23)
2022#1,057 (208)#4,790 (3)#695 (37)
2021#1,003 (218)#4,789 (3)#805 (31)
2020#1,013 (205)—#878 (27)
2019#984 (216)—#744 (33)
2018#818 (274)—#697 (36)
2017#823 (272)—#665 (38)
2016#980 (208)#4,810 (3)#847 (28)
2015#1,042 (192)—#923 (24)
2014#1,028 (197)#4,632 (3)#784 (30)
2013#1,162 (155)#4,685 (3)#858 (27)
2012#1,237 (143)—#904 (24)
2011#1,425 (116)—#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #818.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1905.
  • In 2025, 9% of US babies named Merrick were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Merrick is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Merrick by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #912FL
Merrick (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Merrick (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MerrickCanadaBoys#1,08323
MerrickEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MerrickNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MerrickUSGirls#6,54617
MerrickUSBoys#1,183174