# Merritt name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/merritt
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Merritt ranked #703 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #665.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #703
- Birth count: 401
- Rate per 10,000: 2.49

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Merritt
- Rank: #665
- Birth count: 426
- Rate per 10,000: 2.65
- Official count multiplier: 1.06x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.01
- Expected per school of 300: 0.04
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 1.3%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2025
- Best rank year: 2025
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 100.0%

## Spelling components
- Merritt: 401 births
- Merrit: 14 births
- Meritt: 11 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology