Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Merrit

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Merrit

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1954 (rank #2742, 9 births); most recent 2021 (rank #10791, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #7491, 14 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–14
2024–6
2023–6
2022–5
202167
20205–
2019–5
201865
20176–
20166–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data