Merton is an uncommon boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Merton is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1995. Merton was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (150 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 | — | #9,813 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #9,672 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #5,549 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #7,225 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,951 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #4,379 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,691 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,421 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #3,757 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #4,756 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #3,254 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #3,363 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,842 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,566 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #2,701 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | #3,491 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #2,266 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #2,098 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | #2,413 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #2,919 |
| 1964 | 18 | — | #1,952 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #2,271 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #2,467 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #2,049 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | #2,095 |
| 1959 | 24 | — | #1,652 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | #2,600 |
| 1957 | 21 | — | #1,777 |
| 1956 | 27 | — | #1,527 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,766 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | #1,617 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #1,663 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | #1,449 |
| 1951 | 32 | — | #1,324 |
| 1950 | 31 | — | #1,308 |
| 1949 | 32 | — | #1,290 |
| 1948 | 32 | — | #1,289 |
| 1947 | 44 | — | #1,103 |
| 1946 | 35 | — | #1,189 |
| 1945 | 30 | — | #1,221 |
| 1944 | 41 | — | #1,031 |
| 1943 | 55 | — | #905 |
| 1942 | 53 | — | #919 |
| 1941 | 61 | — | #810 |
| 1940 | 45 | — | #963 |
| 1939 | 43 | — | #967 |
| 1938 | 61 | — | #793 |
| 1937 | 75 | — | #695 |
| 1936 | 62 | — | #777 |
| 1935 | 79 | — | #675 |
| 1934 | 79 | — | #688 |
| 1933 | 83 | — | #636 |
| 1932 | 90 | — | #629 |
| 1931 | 76 | — | #695 |
| 1930 | 113 | — | #565 |
| 1929 | 106 | — | #584 |
| 1928 | 124 | — | #546 |
| 1927 | 134 | — | #529 |
| 1926 | 115 | — | #577 |
| 1925 | 141 | — | #514 |
| 1924 | 132 | — | #552 |
| 1923 | 141 | — | #511 |
| 1922 | 129 | — | #558 |
| 1921 | 139 | — | #528 |
| 1920 | 150 | — | #494 |
| 1919 | 104 | — | #591 |
| 1918 | 137 | — | #513 |
| 1917 | 116 | — | #542 |
| 1916 | 117 | — | #529 |
| 1915 | 105 | — | #546 |
| 1914 | 77 | — | #575 |
| 1913 | 56 | — | #590 |
| 1912 | 60 | — | #509 |
| 1911 | 33 | — | #520 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | #773 |
| 1909 | 20 | — | #605 |
| 1908 | 26 | — | #496 |
| 1907 | 21 | — | #529 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #978 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | #607 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | #794 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #890 |
| 1902 | 17 | — | #532 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | #578 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,265 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #1,009 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #691 |
| 1897 | 14 | — | #571 |
| 1896 | 17 | — | #513 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | #631 |
| 1894 | 15 | — | #533 |
| 1893 | 14 | — | #525 |
| 1892 | 19 | — | #454 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #550 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #794 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #858 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | #634 |
| 1887 | 15 | — | #447 |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #630 |
| 1885 | 12 | — | #567 |
| 1884 | 16 | — | #480 |
| 1883 | 23 | — | #350 |
| 1882 | 20 | — | #411 |
| 1881 | 17 | — | #427 |
| 1880 | 27 | — | #333 |