Merritt

“Transferred use of the surname Merritt” — English origin

Girl's name · #703 in the US (2025) · Trending

Merritt is climbing: on the charts since 1919, it reached #703 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 400 girls given the name last year. Roughly 3,200 have carried it all-time. In Nebraska it runs about 7× its national rate — and 3–5× across Alabama, Tennessee and neighboring states. It is also an American family name — about 46,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data. For most of its history Merritt was mostly a boys' name; since around 2014 most babies named Merritt have been girls.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Merritts

Merritt Wever — American actress
Merritt Patterson — Canadian actress
Merritt Mathias — American soccer player
Merritt Moore — American ballet dancer and quantum physicist
Merritt Johnson — American artist

What Merritts become

Among 69 notable people named Merritt:

Similar names: Baylor · Merida · Miller · Cooper · Carter · Mayci

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