Mert

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mert: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mert: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #691 in 2002, and it stood at #1,402 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#691highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1052
1998	#1000
1999	#750
2000	#918
2001	#842
2002	#691
2003	#976
2004	#790
2005	#1135
2006	#764
2007	#1169
2008	#1457
2009	#1981
2010	#854
2011	#976
2012	#1669
2013	#1294
2014	#1117
2015	#1095
2016	#1319
2017	#1146
2018	#1324
2019	#929
2020	#1314
2021	#1139
2022	#1469
2023	#1071
2024	#1402

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #691 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mert in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	59	4 of 10	15
2000s	207	10 of 10	21
2010sbusiest	238	10 of 10	24
2020s	106	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mert appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #691 in England and Wales in 2002.

Mert's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1095	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1169	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#918	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#750	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #691, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,402position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
34births registered in its largest year, 201025 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zakary · #689, 29y
Ahsan · #694, 29y
Azeem · #694, 29y
Suhail · #694, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jujhar · #691, 23y
Nihal · #692, 28y
Bonita · #689, 29y
Brieanna · #689, 15y

Mert was ranked #691 in England and Wales · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mert and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mert without appearing here.

Mert moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #1981 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #854 and #2941.
Courtney Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #1981 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #854 and #2941.
Johannes Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1669 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1294 and #2660.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1071 and #2160.

Moved ahead of Mert

Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1169 and #538.
Magnus Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1169 and #584.
Mathias Compare
In 2011 they stood at #976 and #1209 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #1119.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1139 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Mert

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mert went from #750 to #1402 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mert went from #750 to #1402 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mert went from #750 to #1402 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mert went from #750 to #1402 while Rune went from #2943 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Mert

Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mert went from #1000 to #1469 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mert went from #691 to #1402 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Mert went from #1235 to #1981 and Ashleigh from #402 to #3227.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #691 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Mert at a glance

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Mert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mert at a glance

Mert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mert and the names beside it

Mert moved ahead of

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