Merrik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAIR-ik
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Merrik is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “Moorish”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Merrik 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 Merrik a girl's or a boy's name?
Merrik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merrik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Merrik, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Merrik in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 boys in the US were given Merrik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,003, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Merrik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Merrik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maddox, Maverick, Gael, Memphis, Bowen, Milo, Beckett, Axel, Hudson, Madden, Luca, Maximus
Other spellings of Merrik
Names related to Merrik
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith, Brynn
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, “Merrik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merrik, updated 20 October 2026.