Merrick

Boy name

Merrick has been given to 6,311 babies in the U.S. since 1905. It peaked in 2017.

Meaning & origin

Anglicisation of Welsh Meurig.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

6,311

Peak year

2017 (296 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1905

10-year trend

▼ -10%

Gender split

8% girls / 92% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Merrick.

6,290 babies since 1965

6,358 babies since 1968

6,239 babies since 1944

6,394 babies since 1946

6,415 babies since 1993

6,190 babies since 1913

6,439 babies since 1882

6,181 babies since 1972

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