Merick
Merrick or Merick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Meaning & Origin of Merick
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Merrick or Merick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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The Story of Merick
American parents first put Merick on the record books as a baby boy name in 1995, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 15 Mericks were born — ranking #5,525 that year. About 46% of every Merick on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Merick last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 183 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Merick
Merick is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 183 births in the dataset. Merick's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #5,525. Use the chart and map above to compare Merick's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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