first name
MERRICK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,659 people named Merrick, 73.3% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. 90.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Merrick peaked in 2017, when 296 babies got the name.
At least 6,311 babies have been given the name since 1905. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Merrick by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,138. The largest share of babies named Merrick, 46.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Merrick is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Merrick has been most common in Utah (3.3×), Florida (2.7×), and Washington (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.45×).
2,920 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Merrick
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Merrick, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Merrick ranks #4,131 of 156,621, with 8,336 people. See Merrick as a last name
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