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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Merton

Merton was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 333rd; the most babies were born in 1920 (150). More babies were named Merton in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1920150 babies
Total since 1880
4,247babies recorded

Merton popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#4,3799
1970#2,70113
1960#2,09516
1950#1,30831
1940#96345
1930#565113
1920#494150
1910#77316
1900#1,2656
1890#7948
1880#33327

How popular is Merton, counting every spelling?

Merton has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Merton?

About 600 people born in the US named Merton are alive today, with a median age of 73; half are between 62 and 83. That makes Merton a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Merton by state

How common Merton was among boys born in each state in 1918–1922, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Maine (11.7×), Wisconsin (4.1×), Minnesota (3.6×), Massachusetts (2.9×), Michigan (2.0×). In 36 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 1.5 per 1,000 babiesME1.5Wisconsin: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesWI0.52Vermont: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesVT0.51New Hampshire: 0.71 per 1,000 babiesNH0.71Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesND0.28Minnesota: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesMN0.46Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesMI0.25New York: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesNY0.19Massachusetts: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesMA0.36Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesIA0.20Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesOH0.03Pennsylvania: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesPA0.06New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNE0.14Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Merton, boys, 1918–1922. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Merton

How popular is the name Merton?

Merton was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 333rd; the most babies were born in 1920 (150). More babies were named Merton in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Merton a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 4,247 boys.

Where was Merton most popular?

In 1918–1922, Merton was most common in Maine (1.47 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Hampshire and Wisconsin.