Name Awesome

Merrick

#1,183 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Welsh surname transferred into given-name use

Merrick has been given to 6,311 babies in the U.S. since 1905. In 2025 it ranked #1,183 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 274 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Merrick, 2025

1 in 19,100

Merrick over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Merrick over time

In 2025, Merrick went to 9% girls and 91% boys.

19052025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Merrick: meaning, origin, and history

Welsh surname transferred into given-name use

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Merrick means

Merrick is a anglicisation of Meurig.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Merrick is used in English (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛɹ.ɪk/ for Merrick.

The naming story behind Merrick

Merrick is a given name adopted from Welsh surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Origin, language, and formation

Merrick is used in English.

Merrick comes through Welsh Meurig.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Meurig.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,792 boys were recorded with the name Merrick between 1905 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 274 in 2018; its best national rank was #818 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,016 in 2020 to #1,183 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,043 in 2015 to #1,183 in 2025.

In the United States, 519 girls were recorded with the name Merrick between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2001; its best national rank was #4,946 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,262 in 2020 to #6,740 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,387 in 2015 to #6,740 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Merrick?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 19,100
174 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 9,820
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,183
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,207 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Merrick sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 13,207 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Merrick. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Merricks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Merrick was born before 2011 — so the typical Merrick is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,500
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.8% of all recorded uses (1,899).

Is Merrick rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+35
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−167
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−140
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.91×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
63.5%
Peak was 2018 (274)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#818
2018

Spellings of Merrick

Merrick is not the most common spelling — Derrick is, with 45.2% against Merrick's 1.8%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Merrick is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Merrick was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 2,500 boys, against 1 in 8,178 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

240 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 2,500
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 3,846
  3. 3Kansas1 in 4,348
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 4,348
  5. 5Utah1 in 4,762
  6. 6Colorado1 in 5,263
  7. 7Missouri1 in 5,556
  8. 8Indiana1 in 5,882

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Merrick is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Merrick was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,046,820 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Merrick has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Merrick around the world

Where Merrick ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1995–2024
    #5,365
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,181
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1946–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Merrick

People whose public names include Merrick, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Merrick by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,183
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 167
Best rank ever
#818
2018
Peak year
2018
274 that year
First recorded
1905
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,792
Count in 2025
174

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,740
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,522
Best rank ever
#4,946
2001
Peak year
2001
24 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
519
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Merrick

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MerrittMerickMerrillMerlynGarrickCedrickMervinDedrickDarrickRodrickMerlinDomenickMercerKedrickJerrickMeredithMertonMavrickFinnickKenrickChadwickMerrellChadrickYannick

Names with a curve like Merrick

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Merrick, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CanaanKyeAmeerShimonTorinShlomoJerichoLangstonSladeShmuelYousefMordechai

Sibling names for Merrick

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Merrick

Top names of 2018, Merrick's peak yearThe 2010s in fullOther names that peaked in 2018Boys' names starting with M