# Merrick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/merrick/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Meyrick, Myrick |
| US babies named this | 6,311 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,792 / 519 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 65, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicisation of Welsh Meurig.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 10,182 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,966 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,899 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,355 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,389 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,867 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,476 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,427 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,937 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,267 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,881 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,525 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,330 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,145 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,741 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 116 | 1,427 |
| 2012 | 143 | 1,241 |
| 2013 | 155 | 1,164 |
| 2014 | 197 | 1,031 |
| 2015 | 192 | 1,043 |
| 2016 | 208 | 984 |
| 2017 | 272 | 824 |
| 2018 | 274 | 818 |
| 2019 | 216 | 987 |
| 2020 | 205 | 1,016 |
| 2021 | 218 | 1,004 |
| 2022 | 208 | 1,061 |
| 2023 | 210 | 1,041 |
| 2024 | 167 | 1,218 |
| 2025 | 174 | 1,183 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Merrick

- Merrick Garland, 86th United States Attorney General
- Lil Durk, American rapper
- Chris Hughes, English record producer and drummer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.