unisex NAME · CURRENTLY #703

Merritt

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“From an English surname, often interpreted as “boundary gate”; it also evokes the English word merit.”

An English surname used as a given name.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Merritt has traveled through time

181880 191885 121890 141895 71900 191905 141910 801915 1071920 821925 751930 511935 531940 541945 511950 491955 381960 281965 591970 401975 341980 441985 381990 601995 532000 662005 672010 1522015 2192020 5182025
LATEST YEAR2025518 births
PEAK RANK#400in 1899
CURRENT USAGE77.4% F22.6% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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