Merick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAIR-ik
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Merick is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “Moorish”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Merick mean?
Welsh: spelling of Merrick; surname from Meurig, the Welsh form of Maurice
“Moorish”
From a surname based on Meurig, the Welsh form of Maurice; borne by Joseph Merrick, the Victorian known as the Elephant Man.
Meaning borrowed from Merrick. More on Wiktionary.
Is Merick a girl's or a boy's name?
Merick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Merick, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had more boys named Merick than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Merick in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 boys in the US were given Merick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,003, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Merick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Merick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maverick Maddox Gael Hudson Griffin Mason Axel Bowen Miller Owen Easton Beckett
Other spellings of Merick
Names related to Merick
More Welsh names
Dylan Winnie Morgan Idris Reese Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith Brynn Eira Gwen
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Merick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merick, updated 20 October 2026.