girls:
486 births since 1962
#5230 (8th percentile)
boys:
5.4k births since 1905
#1617 (65th percentile)
overall:
5.9k births since 1905
#3523 (54th percentile)
The name Merrick is the #3,523 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,933 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 54.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,617 (64.7% percentile) for all time with 5,447 births since 1905. For girls, it ranks #5,230 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 486 births since 1962.
Merrick first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for boys and 1962 for girls). Birth data for Merrick is available in 106 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 38 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Merrick has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.7% of babies named Merrick were boys.
For boys, Merrick reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 28.9% percentile (ranked #649) with 141 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 141 births per million (ranked 28.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Merrick ranks #706 for boys (22.5% percentile) with 115 births per million, which is 81.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Merrick reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #879) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Merrick ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 85.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Merrick".
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