NameTides

Merritt

Merritt was the #703 girls' name in the US in 2025 (401 babies).

Merritt as a girl’s name

  • US
Merritt as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Merritt as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#703 (401)
2024#1,406 (159)
2023#1,557 (136)
2022#1,540 (139)
2021#1,641 (127)
2020#1,524 (139)
2019#1,598 (133)
2018#1,451 (151)
2017#1,331 (175)
2016#1,480 (155)
2015#2,294 (81)
2014#2,176 (87)
2013#3,218 (50)
2012#3,644 (43)
2011#3,916 (38)

Merritt as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Merritt as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Merritt as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, 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
YearUSCanada
2025#1,499 (117)#3,153 (5)
2024#1,891 (84)#3,072 (5)
2023#1,896 (83)#2,614 (6)
2022#1,965 (78)—
2021#1,870 (82)—
2020#1,849 (80)—
2019#1,777 (87)—
2018#1,576 (106)—
2017#1,554 (105)#2,439 (6)
2016#1,890 (78)—
2015#2,019 (71)—
2014#2,116 (65)—
2013#2,139 (62)—
2012#2,811 (42)—
2011#2,904 (40)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #703.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1919.
  • In 2025, 77% of US babies named Merritt were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Merritt is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 8,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Merritt by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #1,210MINew 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: #437IAIndiana: #815INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: #78NEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #191TNNorth Carolina: #280NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #570TXFlorida: #825FL
Merritt (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MerrittCanadaBoys#3,1535
MerrittUSGirls#703401
MerrittUSBoys#1,499117