Merrick
- Pronunciation
- [Me-rrick]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Strong Ruler. Ruler Of Sea
- Origin
- English
Merrick Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,615 baby boys have been named Merrick. The name peaked in 2018 with 274 US births that year (rank #818). In 2024, ranked #1219 nationally — 401 places below its 2018 peak.
Top States for Merrick
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Merrick births are: California (574), Texas (309), Florida (255).
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Quick Facts About Merrick
US Popularity History (2016–2019)
Annual US births named Merrick by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2018 with 274 boys named Merrick (boy rank #818 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2019, ranked #986 for boys (216 US births). That's 168 places below its 2018 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Merrick Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Merrick the strongest states are Iowa, Kansas, Indiana.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | #957 | 23 |
| 2 | Virginia | #940 | 34 |
| 3 | Ohio | #921 | 55 |
| 4 | California | #870 | 185 |
| 5 | Florida | #834 | 82 |
| 6 | Illinois | #819 | 33 |
| 7 | Washington | #816 | 52 |
| 8 | Missouri | #801 | 45 |
| 9 | Arizona | #781 | 44 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #661 | 51 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Merrick in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Merrick against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).