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Merritt
The name Merritt carries the meaning "Boundary gate; or from merit". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. Its single strongest year on record was 2017.
Old EnglishOld English
Etymology"Boundary gate"; or from "merit"
Births by decade
1900s
131
1910s
655
1920s
966
1930s
638
1940s
574
1950s
480
1960s
520
1970s
427
1980s
392
1990s
442
2000s
607
2010s
1,157
Peaked in the 2010s · 6,989 total U.S. births since 1900