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Merton
OriginEnglish
Meaning"town by the lake"
GenderBoy
US Rank#903
Top 1000
NB Rank#8715
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About Merton
The name Merton is currently ranked #903 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #333 in 1880. It is currently rising in popularity.
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 |
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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