Merik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAIR-ik
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Merik is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “Moorish”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Merik 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 Merik a girl's or a boy's name?
Merik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Merik, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Merik in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 boys in the US were given Merik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,003, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Merik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Merik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maddox, Malik, Musa, Maverick, Gael, Ayaan, Memphis, River, Madden, Hudson, Mason, Makai
Other spellings of Merik
Names related to Merik
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
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, “Merik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merik, updated 20 October 2026.