Mert
Boy · MERT · Turkish
Mert is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “brave, honourable”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Mert mean?
Turkish: from Persian mard, man
“brave, honourable”
Turkish word for a brave, honourable man, from Persian mard, man.
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Is Mert a girl's or a boy's name?
Mert is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mert in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Mert, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 34 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mert than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Mert in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Mert in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 28 | #1,056 |
| 2010 | 34 | #927 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 28 | #750 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 17 | #990 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Mert in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Mert, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Mert than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Mert in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mert in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
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