Merit Popularity by Year
Follow Merit across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merit birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 22 | #4,539 | Up 1,660 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 51 | #3,130 | Up 4,121 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 14 | #6,199 | Up 1,090 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 15 | #7,251 | Down 2,252 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 11 | #7,289 | Down 810 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 26 | #4,999 | Up 2,632 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 13 | #6,479 | Up 610 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 14 | #7,631 | Down 1 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 11 | #7,089 | Down 1,390 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 14 | #7,630 | Up 1,323 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 15 | #5,699 | Up 1,078 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 11 | #8,953 | Down 1,928 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 12 | #6,777 | Up 359 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 16 | #7,025 | Up 4,402 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 11 | #7,136 | Down 1,076 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 8 | #11,427 | Down 3,128 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 14 | #6,060 | Down 271 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 13 | #8,299 | Up 1,112 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 15 | #5,789 | Up 1,702 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 11 | #9,411 | Down 480 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 10 | #7,491 | Down 2,006 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 12 | #8,931 | Up 2,024 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 16 | #5,485 | Up 2,052 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 9 | #10,955 | Down 1,343 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 10 | #7,537 | Up 3,271 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 11 | #9,612 | Up 2,587 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Up 1,148 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Down 2,669 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 7 | #13,347 | Down 5,076 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 9 | #8,139 | Up 4,352 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 14 | #8,271 | Up 7,134 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 5 | #12,491 | Down 1,454 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Down 7,304 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 6 | #15,405 | Down 1,481 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 7 | #13,924 | Down 2,507 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 9 | #11,417 | Down 496 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 9 | #10,921 | Up 3,258 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 6 | #14,179 | Up 1,605 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 5 | #15,784 | Down 2,637 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 3,602 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 6 | #9,545 | Up 847 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 5 | #10,392 | Down 4,030 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 7 | #6,362 | Up 1,109 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 5 | #7,471 | Down 1,654 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 6 | #5,817 | — |
| 1947 | Boys | 5 | #3,733 | Down 481 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 8 | #3,252 | Up 1,070 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 5 | #4,322 | Down 154 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 5 | #4,168 | Up 11 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 5 | #4,179 | — |