Boys' name · since 1995
Merick
Merick has 190 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 190
- total births
- 1995–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Merick sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 190 recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merick has been recorded 190 times among boys since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- 190 total births
- 1995–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merick's 190 recorded births place it above 71% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merick's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merick splits its recorded history at 2010: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Merick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Merick's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Merick births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 84 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Merick's decade-level peak was the 2000s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merick: Baby Name Since 1995 - 190 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merick. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Merick draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.