Merrick
Merrick was given to 174 boys in 2025, #1,183 among boys’ names; 6,311 Americans have been recorded with it since 1905 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,890 Americans named Merrick and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 7 and 24.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Merrick by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Merrick mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Merrick is “a male given name.”
Anglicisation of Welsh Meurig.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Merrick?
#1,183 among boys’ names, 2025
Merrick fell from #1,043 in 2015 to #1,183 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born held at 0.10 per 1,000.
296 babies in 2017, the peak
Merrick peaked in 2017, when 296 babies were given it (272 boys, #824 among boys’ names). The 191 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 65% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | #1,183 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 167 | #1,218 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 210 | #1,041 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 208 | #1,061 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 218 | #1,004 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 205 | #1,016 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 216 | #987 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 274 | #818 | 0.15 |
| 2017 | 272 | #824 | 0.15 |
| 2016 | 208 | #984 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 192 | #1,043 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 197 | #1,031 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 155 | #1,164 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 143 | #1,241 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,427 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,356 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 145 | #1,239 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,221 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 170 | #1,082 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 159 | #1,105 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,177 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,200 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,602 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,804 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 80 | #1,519 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 69 | #1,672 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 71 | #1,566 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,756 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,116 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 59 | #1,648 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 61 | #1,551 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,066 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,754 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,238 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,578 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,920 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,850 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,562 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,245 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,654 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,901 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,775 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,173 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #3,055 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,545 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,690 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,110 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,770 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,333 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,289 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,905 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,765 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,682 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,843 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,941 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,220 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,019 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,652 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,275 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,726 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,158 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,115 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,392 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,017 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,937 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,996 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,924 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,949 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,798 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,937 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,915 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,211 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,529 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,083 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,964 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,731 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,986 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,574 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,140 | under 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,649 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,289 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,433 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,395 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,591 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,617 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,410 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,523 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,192 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,358 | under 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,818 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,679 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,056 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,623 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,094 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,113 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,140 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,125 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,040 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,010 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,445 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,671 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,694 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,200 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,359 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Merrick a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,311 Americans recorded as Merrick, 8% are girls and 92% boys. In 2025 it went to 17 girls and 174 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Merrick: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Merrick, and how old are they?
5,890 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 6,311 Americans ever recorded as Merrick. The median Merrick alive today is 14 years old; half are between 7 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 4,659 people named Merrick (449 women and girls, 4,210 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,749 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 30 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 206 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 310 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 531 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,930 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,890 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Merrick born?
The states with the most babies named Merrick are California, Texas and Florida, with 43% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 17 | #1,184 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 16 | #1,282 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 15 | #943 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 9 | #911 | 0.4× |
| Washington | 7 | #863 | 0.9× |
| Colorado | 7 | #732 | 0.8× |
| Utah | 7 | #599 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,064 | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,207 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,231 | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Merrick with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 7,776 babies since 1880, Merrick is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 191 of their 214 babies (89%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Merrick
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Merrick and names like it
- Compare Merrick and MerikBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sMerrick peaked in 2017.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Merrick since 1910.
- The top names of 2017The year the most babies were named Merrick.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Merrick alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.