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Merton
OriginEnglish
Meaning"town by the lake"
About Merton
Sounds like a displaced Dr. Seuss character.
Pronounced MER-tun.
As of October 2026, Merton ranked #9813 in US births in 1995 SSA, peaked at #333 in 1880.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Merton on lists
Famous Mertons
- Merton Howard Miller
American economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Merton Edward Hanks
American NFL football player
- Merton Elmer Lewis
American lawyer and politician
- Merton Daniel Simpson
American painter
- Merton M. Sealts
Jr., American literary critic
- Thomas Merton. American Catholic writer
mystic, and Trappist monk
- Robert Cox Merton
American economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
Merton in pop culture
- Merton Densher
engaged to Kate Croy in The Wings of a Dove (1902) by Henry James; 'character in part based on Ford Madox Ford'
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