Meaning and history
From the Welsh surname Merrick, which was originally derived from the given name Meurig.
20062006: 159 births, rank #1,102
2007: 170 births, rank #1,080
2008: 145 births, rank #1,211
2009: 145 births, rank #1,232
2010: 126 births, rank #1,349
20112011: 116 births, rank #1,425
2012: 143 births, rank #1,237
2013: 155 births, rank #1,162
2014: 197 births, rank #1,028
2015: 192 births, rank #1,042
20162016: 208 births, rank #980
2017: 272 births, rank #823
2018: 274 births, rank #818
2019: 216 births, rank #984
2020: 205 births, rank #1,013
20212021: 218 births, rank #1,003
2022: 208 births, rank #1,057
2023: 210 births, rank #1,040
2024: 167 births, rank #1,211
20252025: 174 births, rank #1,183
Merrick moved from #818 to #987 for boys between 2018 and 2019. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 274 births.