Merrit
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- MAIR-it
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Merrit is a name of English origin, meaning “boundary gate”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Merrit mean?
English: spelling of Merritt; English surname from a place name
“boundary gate”
From an English surname taken from Merriott in Somerset; it also brings to mind the word merit.
Meaning borrowed from Merritt.
Is Merrit a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Merrit has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US.
How popular is Merrit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Merrit, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had the most girls named Merrit of any year since it first appeared, in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Merrit in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 426 girls in the US were given Merrit or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #674, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Merrit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
Names like Merrit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marigold Palmer Marlowe Miller Meadow Briar Sevyn Merit Murphy Collins Madisson Magnolia
Other spellings of Merrit
Names related to Merrit
More English names
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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, “Merrit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merrit, updated 20 October 2026.