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How popular is the name Merrick?
Births per year, rank history and how many Merricks are alive today.
Merrick (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 6 babies were given the name, the 1761st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2005, with 6 babies given the name that year. Merrick is one spelling of a name also recorded as Meric; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Merrick you are most likely to meet is around 22 years old - or else around 3: the name has two living generations. Half of all Merricks born in England and Wales are between 11 and 30, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Merrick - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Merrick.
How many babies are named Merrick each year?
Includes all spellings: Merrick, Meric. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Merrick spelling rank?
Where does the Meric spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Merrick most popular?
Merrick peaked in 1997, when 6 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Merrick?
At least 120 people named Merrick in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Merrick?
Most living Merricks are between 11 and 30; the most common age is about 22. There is a second cluster around 3.
Is Merrick becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.