Architecture Merit Badge History

Earned through 2020237,322

Best year19768,658 earned

All-time popularity#97official, as of 2020#100by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1912. Peak year 1976 with 8,658. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19110 earned

19127 earned#41 of 51

191321 earned#41 of 56

191465 earned#41 of 58

191521 earned#49 of 58

191620 earned#47 of 56

191738 earned#46 of 58

191831 earned#51 of 58

1919137 earned#46 of 59

1920103 earned#46 of 59

1921174 earned#53 of 61

1922215 earned#53 of 61

1923293 earned#50 of 63

1924333 earned#50 of 64

1925406 earned#48 of 64

1926646 earned#52 of 65

1927791 earned#53 of 68

1928712 earned#69 of 88

1929931 earned#67 of 89

1930751 earned#69 of 92

1931822 earned#76 of 96

1932658 earned#78 of 98

1933766 earned#77 of 101

1934612 earned#82 of 101

1935631 earned#82 of 101

1936519 earned#83 of 101

1937518 earned#89 of 102

1938579 earned#86 of 105

1939603 earned#86 of 106

1940618 earned#83 of 106

1941536 earned#89 of 106

1942502 earned#86 of 110

19431,087 earned#72 of 112

1944965 earned#81 of 111

1945955 earned#81 of 111

1946834 earned#81 of 111

1947636 earned#85 of 111

1948699 earned#79 of 111

1949734 earned#82 of 111

1950948 earned#81 of 111

19511,185 earned#80 of 111

1952991 earned#89 of 120

1953969 earned#81 of 105

19541,195 earned#80 of 103

19551,459 earned#81 of 100

19561,527 earned#81 of 100

19571,512 earned#82 of 100

19581,585 earned#80 of 101

19591,489 earned#83 of 101

19602,173 earned#77 of 100

19612,363 earned#73 of 101

19622,621 earned#69 of 101

19632,618 earned#70 of 102

19642,647 earned#71 of 107

19652,466 earned#71 of 109

19662,527 earned#73 of 110

19673,072 earned#69 of 112

19683,193 earned#71 of 112

19693,273 earned#73 of 113

19703,837 earned#66 of 113

19713,803 earned#66 of 113

19723,567 earned#77 of 124

19734,180 earned#76 of 122

19748,048 earned#66 of 121

19758,211 earned#64 of 128

19768,658 earned#60 of 130

19776,276 earned#66 of 130

19785,567 earned#67 of 131

19793,620 earned#70 of 132

19802,341 earned#74 of 132

19813,389 earned#71 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

19933,470 earned#79 of 123

1994No data available

1995No data available

19962,513 earned#89 of 134

1997No data available

1998No data available

1999No data available

20002,106 earned#101 of 128

20011,993 earned#103 of 129

20022,457 earned#100 of 129

20032,405 earned#103 of 130

20042,701 earned#99 of 121

20052,587 earned#101 of 121

20062,215 earned#104 of 121

20072,104 earned#104 of 121

20082,264 earned#104 of 121

20092,691 earned#102 of 122

20102,840 earned#105 of 125

20113,586 earned#94 of 129

20123,631 earned#87 of 132

20133,956 earned#69 of 129

20144,019 earned#98 of 136

20153,362 earned#108 of 138

20163,230 earned#108 of 138

20173,654 earned#98 of 139

20183,881 earned#97 of 139

20194,016 earned#100 of 139

20202,734 earned#105 of 137

2021No data available#97 of 137

2022No data available#91 of 138

2023No data available#93 of 138

2024No data available#97 of 138

2025No data available#90 of 141

Known count No data available

"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#90 of 141" means the badge was number 90 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

19127#41 of 51

191321#41 of 56

191465#41 of 58

191521#49 of 58

191620#47 of 56

191738#46 of 58

191831#51 of 58

1919137#46 of 59

1920103#46 of 59

1921174#53 of 61

1922215#53 of 61

1923293#50 of 63

1924333#50 of 64

1925406#48 of 64

1926646#52 of 65

1927791#53 of 68

1928712#69 of 88

1929931#67 of 89

1930751#69 of 92

1931822#76 of 96

1932658#78 of 98

1933766#77 of 101

1934612#82 of 101

1935631#82 of 101

1936519#83 of 101

1937518#89 of 102

1938579#86 of 105

1939603#86 of 106

1940618#83 of 106

1941536#89 of 106

1942502#86 of 110

19431,087#72 of 112

1944965#81 of 111

1945955#81 of 111

1946834#81 of 111

1947636#85 of 111

1948699#79 of 111

1949734#82 of 111

1950948#81 of 111

19511,185#80 of 111

1952991#89 of 120

1953969#81 of 105

19541,195#80 of 103

19551,459#81 of 100

19561,527#81 of 100

19571,512#82 of 100

19581,585#80 of 101

19591,489#83 of 101

19602,173#77 of 100

19612,363#73 of 101

19622,621#69 of 101

19632,618#70 of 102

19642,647#71 of 107

19652,466#71 of 109

19662,527#73 of 110

19673,072#69 of 112

19683,193#71 of 112

19693,273#73 of 113

19703,837#66 of 113

19713,803#66 of 113

19723,567#77 of 124

19734,180#76 of 122

19748,048#66 of 121

19758,211#64 of 128

19768,658#60 of 130

19776,276#66 of 130

19785,567#67 of 131

19793,620#70 of 132

19802,341#74 of 132

19813,389#71 of 134

1982—

1983—

1984—

1985—

1986—

1987—

1988—

1989—

1990—

1991—

1992—

19933,470#79 of 123

1994—

1995—

19962,513#89 of 134

1997—

1998—

1999—

20002,106#101 of 128

20011,993#103 of 129

20022,457#100 of 129

20032,405#103 of 130

20042,701#99 of 121

20052,587#101 of 121

20062,215#104 of 121

20072,104#104 of 121

20082,264#104 of 121

20092,691#102 of 122

20102,840#105 of 125

20113,586#94 of 129

20123,631#87 of 132

20133,956#69 of 129

20144,019#98 of 136

20153,362#108 of 138

20163,230#108 of 138

20173,654#98 of 139

20183,881#97 of 139

20194,016#100 of 139

20202,734#105 of 137

2021—#97 of 137

2022—#91 of 138

2023—#93 of 138

2024—#97 of 138

2025—#90 of 141

Grand total through 2020:

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Architecture: workbook data

Printings (91)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	HC	Notes
c	1919		1C				3321			HB 20th Edition reference
c	1919		2				3321
	1920	not made
	1921	not made
	1922	not made
c	1923		2				3321
	1924	not made
x	1925		3A	back-3			3321
x	1926		3A	back-3			3321
	1927	not made
	1928	not made
x	1929	December	3B	back-3			3321
x	1930	May	3B	back-3			3321
x	1931	March	3B	back-3			3321
x	1932	November	3B	back-3			3321
	1933	not made
c	1934	November	3B	back-3	1M		3321
	1935	not made
x	1936	March	3B	back-3	1M		3321
x	1937	August	3B	back-3	1M		3321
	1938	not made
x	1939	February	3D	back-3	1M		3321
x	1940	November	3D	back-3	1M		3321
	1941	not made
x	1942	March	3B	back-3	1M		3321
	1942	March	3D	back-3	1M		3321
x	1943	October	4	back-4	2M	1943	3321
	1944	not made
x	1945	January	5B	blank	2M	1943	3321
x	1945	October	5B	blank	2M	1943	3321
	1946	not made
x	1947	February	5B	blank	2M	1943	3321		HCF
	1948	not made
x	1949	January	5B	blank	2M	1943	3321
	1950	not made
x	1951	January	5B	blank	2M	1943	3321
x	1952	February	5B	back-6b-1-architecture	2M	1943	3321
x	1953	February	6	back-6b-1-architecture	2M	1943	3321		HCI
	1954	February	6		2M	1943	3321
x	1954	November	6	back-6b-2-architecture	3M	1943	3321
x	1955	September	6	back-6b-2-architecture	4M	1943	3321
	1956	December	6	back-6b-2-architecture	4M	1943	3321
x	1957	September	6	back-6b-2-architecture	4M	1943	3321
	1958	not made
x	1959	January	6	back-6c-2	4M	1943	3321
x	1960	February	6	back-6c-2	4M	1943	3321
x	1960	December	6	back-6d	4M	1943	3321
	1961	November	6		3M	1943	3321
x	1962	February	6	back-6f	4M	1943	3321
x	1963	January	6	back-6f	4M		3321
x	1964	February	6	back-6g	4.5M		3321
x	1964	December	6	back-6h	5M		3321
	1965	not made
x	1966	May	7	back-7	6M	1966	3321		HCL
x	1967	June	7	back-7	5M	1966	3321
x	1968	May	7	back-7	5M	1966	3321
x	1969	May	7	back-7	5M	1966	3321		HCL
x	1970	March	7	back-7	5.5M	1966	3321		HCL
x	1971	May	7	back-7	5M	1966	3321
x	1972	May	7	back-7	4.5M	1966	3321
x	1973	September	8	back-8a	5M	1966	3321		HCSV1, HCT
x	1974	February	8	back-8a	8M	1966	3321		HCT
x	1975	March	8	back-8b	5M	1966	3321
x	1976	September	8	back-8c-1	4.8M	1966	3321
	1977	not made
x	1978	January	8	back-8d	4M	1966	3321
x	1979	March	8	back-8d	3.5M	1966	3321
x	1980	June	9A-1	back-9a	3M	1966	3321
	1981	August	9A-1	back-9a	3M	1966	3321
x	1982	July	9A-1	back-9a	3M	1966	3321			merit badge logo is upside down on cover
x	1983	November	9A-1	back-9a	3M	1966	3321			merit badge logo is upside down on cover
x	1984	October	9A-1	back-9b-1	2.5M	1966	3321			merit badge logo is upside down on cover
x	1985	December	9A-1	back-9b-2	2.5M	1966	3321			merit badge logo is upside down on cover
x	1986	October	9A-1	back-9b-2	2.5M	1966	3321			merit badge logo is upside down on cover
x	1987	June	9A-1	back-9b-2	3M	1966	3321			merit badge logo is upside down on cover
x	1988	March	9A-2	back-9b-2	3M	1966	3321
x	1989	January	9A-1	back-9b-2	3.5M	1966	3321			merit badge logo is upside down on cover
x	1990	January	9A-2	back-9b-2	3.5M	1966	3321
x	1991	October	9A-2	back-9c-1	3M	1966	3321
	1992	not made
x	1993	April	9A-2	back-9c-2	3M	1966	33321	730176333212
x	1994	June	9A-2	back-9d	3M		33321	730176333212
x	1995	May	9B	back-9d	3M	1995	33304	730176333045
x	1996	March	9B	back-9d	3M		33304	730176333045
x	1997	September	9B	back-9d			33304	730176333045		front shows only ©1995-Revised 1995 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2-back of book date states MB list current thru September 1, 1996
x	1998		9B	back-9e			33304	730176333045		front shows only ©1995-Revised 1995 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3-back of book date states MB list current thru January 1, 1998
	1998	not made
x	1999		9B	back-9f			33304	730176333045
x	2000		9B	back-9f			33304	730176333045
x	2001		9B	back-9f			33304	730176333045
x	2002		9B	back-9g			33304	730176333045
	2003	not made
x	2004		9C-1	back-9g			33304A	730176333045
x	2005		9C-1	back-9g			33304A	730176333045
x	2006		9C-1	back-9g			33304A	730176333045
x	2007		9C-2	back-9h-2			33304A	730176333045
x	2008		10A	back-1008b1			35857	730176358574
x	2009		10B	back-1009b1			35857	730176358574
x	2010		10C-1A	back-1010b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222
x	2011		10C-1A	back-1010b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222
x	2011		10C-1A	back-1010b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222		2nd printing
x	2012		10C-1A	back-1010b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222
x	2013		10C-1B	back-1013b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222		01268-AL
x	2014		10C-2	back-1013b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222		01268-AL
	2015	not made
x	2016		10D	back-1016b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222		01042-AL
x	2016		10D	back-1016b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222		358
	2017	not made
	2018	not made
x	2019		10D	back-1019b1			35857 / 35822	730176358222		358
x	2019		10D	back-1019b1			655137	730176351339		358
x	2020		10D	back-1019b1			655137	730176351339		358
	2021	not made
x	2022		10D	back-1019b1			655137	730176351339		358
x	2023		10D	back-1019b1			659867	7301766598675		358
	2024	not made
	2025	not made

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	0
1912	7	41	51
1913	21	41	56
1914	65	41	58
1915	21	49	58
1916	20	47	56
1917	38	46	58
1918	31	51	58
1919	137	46	59
1920	103	46	59
1921	174	53	61
1922	215	53	61
1923	293	50	63
1924	333	50	64
1925	406	48	64
1926	646	52	65
1927	791	53	68
1928	712	69	88
1929	931	67	89
1930	751	69	92
1931	822	76	96
1932	658	78	98
1933	766	77	101
1934	612	82	101
1935	631	82	101
1936	519	83	101
1937	518	89	102
1938	579	86	105
1939	603	86	106
1940	618	83	106
1941	536	89	106
1942	502	86	110
1943	1,087	72	112
1944	965	81	111
1945	955	81	111
1946	834	81	111
1947	636	85	111
1948	699	79	111
1949	734	82	111
1950	948	81	111
1951	1,185	80	111
1952	991	89	120
1953	969	81	105
1954	1,195	80	103
1955	1,459	81	100
1956	1,527	81	100
1957	1,512	82	100
1958	1,585	80	101
1959	1,489	83	101
1960	2,173	77	100
1961	2,363	73	101
1962	2,621	69	101
1963	2,618	70	102
1964	2,647	71	107
1965	2,466	71	109
1966	2,527	73	110
1967	3,072	69	112
1968	3,193	71	112
1969	3,273	73	113
1970	3,837	66	113
1971	3,803	66	113
1972	3,567	77	124
1973	4,180	76	122
1974	8,048	66	121
1975	8,211	64	128
1976	8,658	60	130
1977	6,276	66	130
1978	5,567	67	131
1979	3,620	70	132
1980	2,341	74	132
1981	3,389	71	134
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	3,470	79	123
1994
1995
1996	2,513	89	134
1997
1998
1999
2000	2,106	101	128
2001	1,993	103	129
2002	2,457	100	129
2003	2,405	103	130
2004	2,701	99	121
2005	2,587	101	121
2006	2,215	104	121
2007	2,104	104	121
2008	2,264	104	121
2009	2,691	102	122
2010	2,840	105	125
2011	3,586	94	129
2012	3,631	87	132
2013	3,956	69	129
2014	4,019	98	136
2015	3,362	108	138
2016	3,230	108	138
2017	3,654	98	139
2018	3,881	97	139
2019	4,016	100	139
2020	2,734	105	137
2021		97	137
2022		91	138
2023		93	138
2024		97	138
2025		90	141