Merritt
- Pronunciation
- [Me-rritt]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Little Famous One
- Origin
- English
Merritt Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 6,034 baby boys have been named Merritt. The name peaked in 1924 with 121 US births that year (rank #580). In 2024, ranked #1899 nationally — 1,319 places below its 1924 peak.
Top States for Merritt
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Merritt births are: New York (366), Pennsylvania (224), California (149).
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Quick Facts About Merritt
US Popularity History (2025–2025)
Annual US births named Merritt by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 401 girls named Merritt (girl rank #703 that year).
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 Merritt Most Popular?
Average girl-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 girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Merritt the strongest states are Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas | #432 | 39 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #483 | 29 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #536 | 46 |
| 4 | Alabama | #539 | 83 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #589 | 168 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #645 | 88 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #652 | 51 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #675 | 38 |
| 9 | Georgia | #763 | 89 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #793 | 33 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | #793 | 33 |
| 2 | Georgia | #763 | 89 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | #675 | 38 |
| 4 | South Carolina | #652 | 51 |
| 5 | Tennessee | #645 | 88 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #589 | 168 |
| 7 | Alabama | #539 | 83 |
| 8 | Kentucky | #536 | 46 |
| 9 | Mississippi | #483 | 29 |
| 10 | Arkansas | #432 | 39 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Merritt 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 Merritt against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).