Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from a place name meaning “boundary gate” in Old English.
20062006: 22 births, rank #5,906
2007: 35 births, rank #4,299
2008: 44 births, rank #3,645
2009: 31 births, rank #4,677
2010: 31 births, rank #4,608
20112011: 38 births, rank #3,916
2012: 43 births, rank #3,644
2013: 50 births, rank #3,218
2014: 87 births, rank #2,176
2015: 81 births, rank #2,294
20162016: 155 births, rank #1,480
2017: 175 births, rank #1,331
2018: 151 births, rank #1,451
2019: 133 births, rank #1,598
2020: 139 births, rank #1,524
20212021: 127 births, rank #1,641
2022: 139 births, rank #1,540
2023: 136 births, rank #1,557
2024: 159 births, rank #1,406
20252025: 401 births, rank #703
Merritt moved from #952 to #989 for boys between 1953 and 1954. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 121 births.