NameTides

Mert

Mert was the #4,249 boys' name in the US in 2025 (24 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales.

Mert as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mert 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Mert 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#4,249 (24)#1,897 (13)—
2024#6,199 (14)#1,402 (19)—
2023#5,666 (16)#1,071 (27)—
2022#5,633 (16)#1,469 (17)—
2021#6,335 (13)#1,139 (24)—
2020#4,275 (23)#1,314 (19)—
2019#4,639 (21)#929 (31)—
2018#3,446 (32)#1,324 (19)—
2017#3,993 (26)#1,146 (24)#2,762 (5)
2016#5,124 (18)#1,319 (20)—
2015#4,711 (20)#1,095 (25)—
2014#4,263 (23)#1,117 (24)—
2013#4,180 (23)#1,294 (19)—
2012#5,720 (15)#1,669 (14)—
2011#5,433 (16)#976 (28)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #3,446.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 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 71,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mert is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 75,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 51,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mert 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mert (boys) 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
MertCanadaBoys—too few
MertEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
MertNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MertUSBoys#4,24924