Merton Popularity by Year
Follow Merton across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 168 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 3,500 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 8 | #5,200 | Up 1,323 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 5 | #6,523 | Down 285 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 5 | #6,238 | Down 2,104 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 9 | #4,134 | Up 269 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 8 | #4,403 | Down 246 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 8 | #4,157 | Down 551 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 10 | #3,606 | Up 812 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 7 | #4,418 | Down 1,298 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 11 | #3,120 | Up 103 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 10 | #3,223 | Up 399 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 8 | #3,622 | Down 252 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Down 749 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 13 | #2,621 | Up 693 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 8 | #3,314 | Down 1,114 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Down 170 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 15 | #2,030 | Up 297 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 12 | #2,327 | Up 453 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 9 | #2,780 | Down 880 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 18 | #1,900 | Up 300 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Up 164 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 12 | #2,364 | Down 367 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 17 | #1,997 | Up 45 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 16 | #2,042 | Down 422 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 24 | #1,620 | Up 886 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 11 | #2,506 | Down 755 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 21 | #1,751 | Down 240 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 27 | #1,511 | Up 214 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 20 | #1,725 | Down 132 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 23 | #1,593 | Up 37 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 22 | #1,630 | Down 200 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 28 | #1,430 | Down 135 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 32 | #1,295 | Down 6 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 31 | #1,289 | Down 14 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 32 | #1,275 | Up 5 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 32 | #1,280 | Down 187 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 44 | #1,093 | Up 83 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 35 | #1,176 | Up 28 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 30 | #1,204 | Down 186 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 41 | #1,018 | Down 121 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 55 | #897 | Up 13 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 53 | #910 | Down 103 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 61 | #807 | Up 145 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 45 | #952 | Up 2 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 43 | #954 | Down 170 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 61 | #784 | Down 93 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 75 | #691 | Up 83 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 62 | #774 | Down 104 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 79 | #670 | Up 12 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 79 | #682 | Down 48 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 83 | #634 | Down 8 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 90 | #626 | Up 62 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 76 | #688 | Down 124 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 113 | #564 | Up 16 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 106 | #580 | Down 34 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 124 | #546 | Down 18 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 134 | #528 | Up 45 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 115 | #573 | Down 60 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 141 | #513 | Up 34 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 132 | #547 | Down 36 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 141 | #511 | Up 46 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 129 | #557 | Down 29 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 139 | #528 | Down 35 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 150 | #493 | Up 94 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 104 | #587 | Down 75 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 137 | #512 | Up 29 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 116 | #541 | Down 13 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 117 | #528 | Up 16 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 105 | #544 | Up 25 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 77 | #569 | Up 17 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 56 | #586 | Down 79 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 60 | #507 | Up 7 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 33 | #514 | Up 241 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 16 | #755 | Down 165 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 20 | #590 | Down 101 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 26 | #489 | Up 22 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 21 | #511 | Up 416 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 8 | #927 | Down 335 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 16 | #592 | Up 168 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 10 | #760 | Up 86 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 8 | #846 | Down 325 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 17 | #521 | Up 38 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 13 | #559 | Up 603 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 6 | #1,162 | Down 234 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 6 | #928 | Down 265 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 11 | #663 | Down 107 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 14 | #556 | Down 56 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 17 | #500 | Up 109 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 12 | #609 | Down 88 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 15 | #521 | Down 12 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 14 | #509 | Down 64 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 19 | #445 | Up 79 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 12 | #524 | Up 215 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 8 | #739 | Up 50 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 7 | #789 | Down 180 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 11 | #609 | Down 171 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 15 | #438 | Up 167 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 10 | #605 | Down 58 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 12 | #547 | Down 79 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 16 | #468 | Down 122 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 23 | #346 | Up 53 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 20 | #399 | Up 17 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 17 | #416 | Down 91 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 27 | #325 | — |