Merritt Boy & girl
How popular is Merritt?
#703 girl name in 2025
401 baby girls were named Merritt in the US in 2025, making it the 703rd most popular girl name. Another 117 boys got the name (#1,499 for boys).
Merritt popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #703 for girls (▲ 703 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 401 girls, 117 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+395% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,294 in 2015, #1,524 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (401 girls) |
| Highest rank | #703 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 34% boys, 66% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Merritt counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Merritt family of names ranked #588 for girls in 2025 (#1,077 the year before), with 477 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Merritt | 401 | 84% |
| Merit | 51 | 11% |
| Meritt | 11 | 2% |
| Merrit | 14 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Merritt is most popular
Babies named Merritt per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 1.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Alabama: 0.6 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.5 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (100 girls)
Merritt by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1950s | 11 | #4,832 |
| 1960s | 187 | #1,882 |
| 1970s | 212 | #2,395 |
| 1980s | 184 | #3,620 |
| 1990s | 248 | #3,215 |
| 2000s | 339 | #3,287 |
| 2010s | 944 | #1,331 |
| 2020s | 1,101 | #703 |
Girl names about as popular as Merritt
Questions
- Is Merritt a boy or girl name?
- Merritt is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 34% of babies named Merritt were boys and 66% were girls.
- How popular is the name Merritt?
- 401 baby girls were named Merritt in the US in 2025, making it the 703rd most popular girl name. Another 117 boys got the name (#1,499 for boys).
- When was Merritt most popular?
- Merritt peaked in 2025, when 401 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #703 in 2025.
- How many people are named Merritt?
- 9,382 babies have been named Merritt in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,222 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Merritt most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Merritt was most common in Nebraska, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.