Archery Merit Badge History

Earned through 20201,797,351

Best year200449,626 earned

All-time popularity#25official, as of 2020#24by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1914. Peak year 2004 with 49,626. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19110 earned

19120 earned

19130 earned

19142 earned#57 of 58

19151 earned#57 of 58

19160 earned

19173 earned#58 of 58

19183 earned#58 of 58

191931 earned#59 of 59

19204 earned#59 of 59

192115 earned#61 of 61

192217 earned#61 of 61

192337 earned#61 of 63

192434 earned#64 of 64

192532 earned#64 of 64

1926119 earned#64 of 65

1927304 earned#66 of 68

1928227 earned#77 of 88

1929518 earned#73 of 89

1930366 earned#82 of 92

1931431 earned#88 of 96

1932369 earned#87 of 98

1933303 earned#94 of 101

1934256 earned#94 of 101

1935242 earned#96 of 101

1936309 earned#91 of 101

1937268 earned#97 of 102

1938332 earned#96 of 105

1939436 earned#94 of 106

1940386 earned#96 of 106

1941342 earned#97 of 106

1942349 earned#91 of 110

1943328 earned#100 of 112

1944450 earned#97 of 111

1945235 earned#109 of 111

1946340 earned#101 of 111

1947227 earned#104 of 111

1948303 earned#101 of 111

1949405 earned#98 of 111

1950594 earned#91 of 111

1951510 earned#101 of 111

19521,398 earned#84 of 120

19531,139 earned#78 of 105

19541,780 earned#75 of 103

19552,573 earned#66 of 100

19563,509 earned#57 of 100

19573,658 earned#56 of 100

19584,582 earned#49 of 101

19595,074 earned#49 of 101

19605,600 earned#50 of 100

19617,261 earned#47 of 101

19628,253 earned#45 of 101

19638,834 earned#45 of 102

19649,343 earned#42 of 107

196511,059 earned#39 of 109

196611,742 earned#36 of 110

196713,521 earned#37 of 112

196814,276 earned#34 of 112

196915,790 earned#30 of 113

197017,252 earned#27 of 113

197117,946 earned#25 of 113

197217,245 earned#26 of 124

197319,456 earned#28 of 122

197428,438 earned#29 of 121

197527,646 earned#31 of 128

197625,400 earned#32 of 130

197723,002 earned#29 of 130

197822,184 earned#27 of 131

197920,340 earned#26 of 132

198014,119 earned#28 of 132

198120,649 earned#27 of 134

1982No data available

1983No data available

1984No data available

1985No data available

1986No data available

1987No data available

1988No data available

1989No data available

1990No data available

1991No data available

1992No data available

199319,658 earned#29 of 123

1994No data available

1995No data available

199637,020 earned#21 of 135

1997No data available

1998No data available

1999No data available

200041,175 earned#21 of 129

200141,076 earned#19 of 130

200245,455 earned#19 of 129

200347,644 earned#20 of 143

200449,626 earned#16 of 122

200546,902 earned#15 of 122

200647,297 earned#14 of 122

200746,550 earned#13 of 122

200845,070 earned#16 of 121

200946,579 earned#17 of 122

201045,039 earned#17 of 125

201145,204 earned#18 of 127

201248,229 earned#15 of 130

201343,879 earned#17 of 133

201443,238 earned#16 of 136

201541,879 earned#16 of 138

201639,419 earned#16 of 138

201735,301 earned#17 of 139

201834,487 earned#16 of 139

201931,934 earned#16 of 138

202010,487 earned#24 of 137

2021No data available#10 of 137

2022No data available#17 of 138

2023No data available#17 of 138

2024No data available#17 of 138

2025No data available#17 of 141

Known count No data available

"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#17 of 141" means the badge was number 17 of the 141 merit badges earned that year. National counts have not been published since 2020, but the rankings have. The grand total comes from official reports and includes the years without a known count. The 2025 all-time place is an estimate, because the counts for 2021 to 2025 are worked out from each year's official ranking and the total number of merit badges earned that year.

19110none earned

19120none earned

19130none earned

19142#57 of 58

19151#57 of 58

19160none earned

19173#58 of 58

19183#58 of 58

191931#59 of 59

19204#59 of 59

192115#61 of 61

192217#61 of 61

192337#61 of 63

192434#64 of 64

192532#64 of 64

1926119#64 of 65

1927304#66 of 68

1928227#77 of 88

1929518#73 of 89

1930366#82 of 92

1931431#88 of 96

1932369#87 of 98

1933303#94 of 101

1934256#94 of 101

1935242#96 of 101

1936309#91 of 101

1937268#97 of 102

1938332#96 of 105

1939436#94 of 106

1940386#96 of 106

1941342#97 of 106

1942349#91 of 110

1943328#100 of 112

1944450#97 of 111

1945235#109 of 111

1946340#101 of 111

1947227#104 of 111

1948303#101 of 111

1949405#98 of 111

1950594#91 of 111

1951510#101 of 111

19521,398#84 of 120

19531,139#78 of 105

19541,780#75 of 103

19552,573#66 of 100

19563,509#57 of 100

19573,658#56 of 100

19584,582#49 of 101

19595,074#49 of 101

19605,600#50 of 100

19617,261#47 of 101

19628,253#45 of 101

19638,834#45 of 102

19649,343#42 of 107

196511,059#39 of 109

196611,742#36 of 110

196713,521#37 of 112

196814,276#34 of 112

196915,790#30 of 113

197017,252#27 of 113

197117,946#25 of 113

197217,245#26 of 124

197319,456#28 of 122

197428,438#29 of 121

197527,646#31 of 128

197625,400#32 of 130

197723,002#29 of 130

197822,184#27 of 131

197920,340#26 of 132

198014,119#28 of 132

198120,649#27 of 134

1982—

1983—

1984—

1985—

1986—

1987—

1988—

1989—

1990—

1991—

1992—

199319,658#29 of 123

1994—

1995—

199637,020#21 of 135

1997—

1998—

1999—

200041,175#21 of 129

200141,076#19 of 130

200245,455#19 of 129

200347,644#20 of 143

200449,626#16 of 122

200546,902#15 of 122

200647,297#14 of 122

200746,550#13 of 122

200845,070#16 of 121

200946,579#17 of 122

201045,039#17 of 125

201145,204#18 of 127

201248,229#15 of 130

201343,879#17 of 133

201443,238#16 of 136

201541,879#16 of 138

201639,419#16 of 138

201735,301#17 of 139

201834,487#16 of 139

201931,934#16 of 138

202010,487#24 of 137

2021—#10 of 137

2022—#17 of 138

2023—#17 of 138

2024—#17 of 138

2025—#17 of 141

Grand total through 2020:

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Archery: workbook data

Printings (106)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	HC	Notes
x	1920		1C				3381			HB 20th Edition Reference
	1921	not made
	1922	not made
c	1923		2				3381			15c Radio
	1924	not made
c	1925		2				3381			20c Radio
c	1925		3A over 2	back-3			3381
x	1925		3A	back-3			3381
c	1926		3A	back-3			3381
x	1926		3A	back-3			3381			with pasted 1927 Requirements
x	1927		3A	back-3			3381
x	1927		3A	back-3			3381			with pasted 1928 Requirements
c	1928		3A	back-3			3381
	1928		3B	back-3			3381
	1929	December	3B	back-3			3381
	1930	April	3B	back-3			3381
x	1930	July	3B	back-3			3381
c	1931	December	3B	back-3			3381
x	1932	March	3B	back-3	1M		3381
c	1933	December	3B	back-3	1M		3381
	1934	not made
x	1935	January	3B	back-3	1M		3381
x	1935	October	3B	back-3	1M		3381
x	1936	August	3B	back-3	1M		3381
x	1937	June	3C	back-3	2M		3381
c	1938	October	3B	back-3	1M		3381
x	1939	March	3D	back-3	1M		3381
x	1939	June	3B	back-3	3M		3381
x	1939	June	3D	back-3	3M		3381
x	1939	June	4	back-4	3M		3381
	1940	not made
x	1941	March	4	back-4	5M	1941	3381			actually shows 5000431 (misprint)
	1942	not made
	1943	not made
	1944	not made
c	1945	March	5B-1	blank	1M	1941	3381
x	1945	November	5B-1	blank	3M	1941	3381
x	1946	October	5B-1	blank	3M	1941	3381
	1947	not made
x	1948	July	5B-1	blank	2M	1941	3381
x	1949	May	5B-1	blank	2M	1941	3381
x	1950	January	5B-1	blank	3M	1941	3381
x	1951	January	5B-1	blank	3M	1941	3381
x	1951	August	5B-2	back-6a	4M	1941	3381
c	1952	August	6A		1M	1941	3381
x	1952	October	6A	back-6b-1	1M	1941	3381		HCI
x	1953	January	6A	back-6b-1	4M	1941	3381
c	1953	April	6A		2M	1941	3381
	1953	June	6A			1941	3381
c	1953	October	6A		6M	1941	3381		HCI
x	1954	April	6A	back-6b-2	3M	1941	3381
x	1954	December	6A	back-6b-2	10M	1941	3381
x	1955	June	6A	back-6b-2	15M	1941	3381		HCJV1
x	1956	June	6A	back-6b-2	15M	1941	3381		HCJ
x	1957	February	6A	back-6b-2	18M	1941	3381
x	1958	January	6A	back-6c-1	20M	1941	3381
x	1959	November	6A	back-6c-2	15M	1941	3381
x	1960	May	6A	back-6d	20M	1941	3381
x	1961	May	6A	back-6e	18M		3381		HCJ
x	1962	April	6A	back-6f	18M		3381
	1963	not made
x	1964	February	6B	back-6h	20M	1964	3381		HCP
x	1965	February	6B	back-6h	20M	1964	3381		HCL
x	1965	October	6B	back-6i	30M	1964	3381		HCK
x	1966	July	7A-1	back-7	30M	1964	3381
x	1967	June	7A-1	back-7	30M	1964	3381		HCL
x	1968	May	7A-1	back-7	35M	1964	3381		HCL
x	1969	April	7A-1	back-7	40M	1964	3381
x	1970	April	7A-2	back-7	40M	1964	3381		HCM, HCN
	1971	not made
x	1972	January	7A-2	back-7	30M	1964	3381		HCM
x	1973	January	8A	back-8a	28M	1964	3381
x	1974	January	8A	back-8a	40M	1964	3381
x	1974	December	8A	back-8b	20M		3381
x	1975	March	8A	back-8b	20M		3381
x	1976	February	8A	back-8c-1	30M		3381
	1977	not made
x	1978	January	8B	back-8d	19M	1978	3381
x	1979	March	8B	back-8d	20M	1978	3381
x	1980	March	9A	back-9a	23M	1978	3381
x	1981	April	9A	back-9a	23M	1978	3381		HCU
x	1982	March	9A	back-9a	22M	1978	3381
x	1983	March	9A	back-9a	22M		3381
x	1984	March	9A	back-9a	22M		3381
x	1985	February	9A	back-9b-2	23M		3381
x	1986	March	9B	back-9b-2	20M	1986	3381
x	1987	March	9B	back-9b-2	20M	1986	3381
x	1987	October	9B	back-9b-2	22M	1986	3381
x	1988	August	9B	back-9b-2	22M	1986	3381
x	1989	July	9B	back-9b-2	25M	1986	3381
	1990	not made
x	1991	January	9B	back-9c-1	25M	1986	3381
x	1992	April	9B	back-9c-2	25M	1986	33381	730176333816
x	1993	April	9C	back-9d	20M	1986	33381	730176332598
x	1994	February	9C	back-9d	23M		33259	730176332598
x	1995	February	9C	back-9d	22M		33259	730176332598
x	1996	June	9C	back-9d	21M		33259	730176332598
	1997	not made
x	1998		9C	back-9e			33259	730176332598
x	1999		9C	back-9f			33259	730176332598
x	2000		9C	back-9f			33259	730176332598
x	2001		9C	back-9f			33259	730176332598
x	2002		9C	back-9f			33259	730176332598
x	2003		9C	back-9g			33259	730176332598
x	2004		9D-1	back-9g		2004	33259A	730176332598
x	2005		9D-1	back-9g		2004	33259A	730176332598
	2006	not made
x	2007		9D-2	back-9h-2		2004	33259A	730176332598
x	2008		10A	back-1008b2			35856	730176358567
	2009	not made
x	2010		10C-1	back-1010b2			35856	730176358567
	2011	not made
x	2012		10C-2	back-1010b2			35856	730176358567
x	2013		10C-3	back-1013b2			618435	730176357218		01268-AL
x	2014		10C-3	back-1013b2			618435	730176357218		01268-AL
x	2015		10D	back-1016b1			618435	730176357218		01268-PSF
x	2015		10D	back-1016b1			618435	730176357218		01042-AL
x	2015		10D	back-1016b1			618435	730176357218		358
	2016	not made
	2017	not made
	2018	not made
x	2019		10D	back-1019b1			641747	730176347486		358
	2020	not made
	2021	not made
x	2022		10D	back-1019b1			641747	730176347486		358
x	2023		10D	back-1019b1			659213	7301766592130		358
x	2024		10D	back-1019b1			660200	7301766602006		00358n
	2025	not made
	2026		11				35856			©2026 Scouting America, "2026 Printing" on the PDF edition; a printed copy is not yet confirmed

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	0
1912	0
1913	0
1914	2	57	58
1915	1	57	58
1916	0
1917	3	58	58
1918	3	58	58
1919	31	59	59
1920	4	59	59
1921	15	61	61
1922	17	61	61
1923	37	61	63
1924	34	64	64
1925	32	64	64
1926	119	64	65
1927	304	66	68
1928	227	77	88
1929	518	73	89
1930	366	82	92
1931	431	88	96
1932	369	87	98
1933	303	94	101
1934	256	94	101
1935	242	96	101
1936	309	91	101
1937	268	97	102
1938	332	96	105
1939	436	94	106
1940	386	96	106
1941	342	97	106
1942	349	91	110
1943	328	100	112
1944	450	97	111
1945	235	109	111
1946	340	101	111
1947	227	104	111
1948	303	101	111
1949	405	98	111
1950	594	91	111
1951	510	101	111
1952	1,398	84	120
1953	1,139	78	105
1954	1,780	75	103
1955	2,573	66	100
1956	3,509	57	100
1957	3,658	56	100
1958	4,582	49	101
1959	5,074	49	101
1960	5,600	50	100
1961	7,261	47	101
1962	8,253	45	101
1963	8,834	45	102
1964	9,343	42	107
1965	11,059	39	109
1966	11,742	36	110
1967	13,521	37	112
1968	14,276	34	112
1969	15,790	30	113
1970	17,252	27	113
1971	17,946	25	113
1972	17,245	26	124
1973	19,456	28	122
1974	28,438	29	121
1975	27,646	31	128
1976	25,400	32	130
1977	23,002	29	130
1978	22,184	27	131
1979	20,340	26	132
1980	14,119	28	132
1981	20,649	27	134
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	19,658	29	123
1994
1995
1996	37,020	21	135
1997
1998
1999
2000	41,175	21	129
2001	41,076	19	130
2002	45,455	19	129
2003	47,644	20	143
2004	49,626	16	122
2005	46,902	15	122
2006	47,297	14	122
2007	46,550	13	122
2008	45,070	16	121
2009	46,579	17	122
2010	45,039	17	125
2011	45,204	18	127
2012	48,229	15	130
2013	43,879	17	133
2014	43,238	16	136
2015	41,879	16	138
2016	39,419	16	138
2017	35,301	17	139
2018	34,487	16	139
2019	31,934	16	138
2020	10,487	24	137
2021		10	137
2022		17	138
2023		17	138
2024		17	138
2025		17	141