Camping Merit Badge History

Earned through 20204,954,170

Best year196994,061 earned

All-time popularity#3official, as of 2020#3by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1911. Peak year 1969 with 94,061. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19111 earned#16 of 22

191252 earned#11 of 51

1913161 earned#11 of 56

1914307 earned#11 of 58

1915374 earned#12 of 58

1916392 earned#15 of 56

1917919 earned#10 of 58

1918921 earned#14 of 58

19191,974 earned#16 of 59

19201,976 earned#13 of 59

19213,347 earned#13 of 61

19224,566 earned#13 of 61

19235,369 earned#12 of 63

19245,061 earned#12 of 64

19256,797 earned#12 of 64

19267,915 earned#16 of 65

19277,354 earned#20 of 68

19286,775 earned#26 of 88

19298,713 earned#22 of 89

19309,711 earned#22 of 92

193111,568 earned#21 of 96

193211,662 earned#21 of 98

193311,549 earned#22 of 101

193410,747 earned#22 of 101

193511,545 earned#22 of 101

193610,816 earned#21 of 101

193711,236 earned#19 of 102

193812,747 earned#21 of 105

193914,458 earned#19 of 106

194015,035 earned#17 of 106

194113,796 earned#17 of 106

194213,011 earned#17 of 110

194313,576 earned#17 of 112

194416,112 earned#19 of 111

194517,576 earned#17 of 111

194616,506 earned#15 of 111

194715,271 earned#14 of 111

194815,331 earned#12 of 111

194916,228 earned#14 of 111

195019,028 earned#13 of 111

195121,010 earned#12 of 111

195225,299 earned#11 of 120

195324,109 earned#10 of 105

195435,826 earned#7 of 103

195540,942 earned#7 of 100

195645,555 earned#7 of 100

195749,492 earned#6 of 100

195854,260 earned#6 of 101

195957,336 earned#7 of 101

196066,211 earned#8 of 100

196172,946 earned#6 of 101

196275,021 earned#4 of 101

196381,199 earned#4 of 102

196484,411 earned#4 of 107

196585,419 earned#4 of 109

196686,042 earned#4 of 110

196790,138 earned#4 of 112

196892,337 earned#3 of 112

196994,061 earned#3 of 113

197093,032 earned#3 of 113

197188,604 earned#3 of 113

197285,527 earned#4 of 124

197353,038 earned#8 of 122

197477,429 earned#6 of 121

197571,835 earned#6 of 128

197665,445 earned#5 of 130

197773,777 earned#3 of 130

197870,159 earned#3 of 131

197968,449 earned#3 of 132

198047,916 earned#3 of 132

198172,556 earned#3 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

199373,831 earned#3 of 123

1994No data available

1995No data available

199670,825 earned#3 of 134

1997No data available

1998No data available

1999No data available

200070,916 earned#5 of 128

200168,997 earned#4 of 129

200269,811 earned#4 of 129

200368,401 earned#4 of 130

200468,638 earned#4 of 121

200562,393 earned#4 of 121

200661,469 earned#4 of 121

200758,022 earned#5 of 121

200858,654 earned#5 of 121

200962,774 earned#6 of 122

201062,174 earned#6 of 125

201162,492 earned#5 of 129

201260,772 earned#5 of 132

201358,982 earned#4 of 129

201454,265 earned#7 of 136

201554,342 earned#8 of 138

201653,534 earned#7 of 138

201750,871 earned#7 of 139

201849,893 earned#8 of 139

201952,328 earned#3 of 139

202030,490 earned#10 of 137

2021No data available#4 of 137

2022No data available#6 of 138

2023No data available#6 of 138

2024No data available#7 of 138

2025No data available#7 of 141

Known count No data available

"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#7 of 141" means the badge was number 7 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.

19111#16 of 22

191252#11 of 51

1913161#11 of 56

1914307#11 of 58

1915374#12 of 58

1916392#15 of 56

1917919#10 of 58

1918921#14 of 58

19191,974#16 of 59

19201,976#13 of 59

19213,347#13 of 61

19224,566#13 of 61

19235,369#12 of 63

19245,061#12 of 64

19256,797#12 of 64

19267,915#16 of 65

19277,354#20 of 68

19286,775#26 of 88

19298,713#22 of 89

19309,711#22 of 92

193111,568#21 of 96

193211,662#21 of 98

193311,549#22 of 101

193410,747#22 of 101

193511,545#22 of 101

193610,816#21 of 101

193711,236#19 of 102

193812,747#21 of 105

193914,458#19 of 106

194015,035#17 of 106

194113,796#17 of 106

194213,011#17 of 110

194313,576#17 of 112

194416,112#19 of 111

194517,576#17 of 111

194616,506#15 of 111

194715,271#14 of 111

194815,331#12 of 111

194916,228#14 of 111

195019,028#13 of 111

195121,010#12 of 111

195225,299#11 of 120

195324,109#10 of 105

195435,826#7 of 103

195540,942#7 of 100

195645,555#7 of 100

195749,492#6 of 100

195854,260#6 of 101

195957,336#7 of 101

196066,211#8 of 100

196172,946#6 of 101

196275,021#4 of 101

196381,199#4 of 102

196484,411#4 of 107

196585,419#4 of 109

196686,042#4 of 110

196790,138#4 of 112

196892,337#3 of 112

196994,061#3 of 113

197093,032#3 of 113

197188,604#3 of 113

197285,527#4 of 124

197353,038#8 of 122

197477,429#6 of 121

197571,835#6 of 128

197665,445#5 of 130

197773,777#3 of 130

197870,159#3 of 131

197968,449#3 of 132

198047,916#3 of 132

198172,556#3 of 134

1982—

1983—

1984—

1985—

1986—

1987—

1988—

1989—

1990—

1991—

1992—

199373,831#3 of 123

1994—

1995—

199670,825#3 of 134

1997—

1998—

1999—

200070,916#5 of 128

200168,997#4 of 129

200269,811#4 of 129

200368,401#4 of 130

200468,638#4 of 121

200562,393#4 of 121

200661,469#4 of 121

200758,022#5 of 121

200858,654#5 of 121

200962,774#6 of 122

201062,174#6 of 125

201162,492#5 of 129

201260,772#5 of 132

201358,982#4 of 129

201454,265#7 of 136

201554,342#8 of 138

201653,534#7 of 138

201750,871#7 of 139

201849,893#8 of 139

201952,328#3 of 139

202030,490#10 of 137

2021—#4 of 137

2022—#6 of 138

2023—#6 of 138

2024—#7 of 138

2025—#7 of 141

Grand total through 2020:

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Camping: workbook data

Printings (122)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	SKU	SA #	HC	Notes
c	1919		1B-1									Address of President Woodrow Wilson to the National Council on page ii, followed by and introduction on pages iii and iv. Pages v, vi, vii, viii and ix present information for Applications, Local Authorities, The Examination, Court of Honor Procedure, Presentation of Awards, and Special Scout Awards. Page x list the merit badge requirements
x	1919		1B-2			1919						1a HB 20th Edition reference
c	1919		2									15c Wireless
	1920	not made
	1921	not made
c	1922		2
x	1923		2
c	1924		2
x	1925		2									20c Radio
	1925		3A	back-3			3256
	1926		3A	back-3			3256
x	1926		3A	back-3			3256					with pasted 1927 Requirements
x	1926		3A	back-3			3256					with pasted 1928 Requirements
x	1927		3A	back-3			3256
x	1928		3A	back-3			3256
	1928	February	3B	back-3			3256
c	1929		3B	back-3			3256
c	1929	September	3B	back-3			3256
x	1929	December	3B	back-3			3256
c	1930	April	3B	back-3			3256
x	1930	May	3B	back-3			3256
x	1930	December	3B	back-3			3256
x	1931	May	3B	back-3			3256
x	1931	December	3B	back-3			3256
x	1932	November	3B	back-3	2M		3256
	1933	June	3B	back-3	2M		3256
x	1933	August	3B	back-3	2M		3256
x	1934	June	3B	back-3	2M		3256
x	1935	March	3B	back-3	2M		3256
x	1935	October	3B	back-3	3M		3256
x	1936	November	3B	back-3	4M		3256
	1937	not made
x	1938	February	3B	back-3	3M		3256
x	1938	February	3D	back-3	3M		3256
x	1938	October	3D	back-3	3M		3256
x	1939	August	3D	back-3	4M		3256
c	1939	August	4	back-4	4M		3256
x	1940	November	4	back-4	6M		3256
	1941	not made
x	1942	February	4	back-4	5M		3256
x	1943	March	4	back-4	5M		3256
x	1943	October	4	back-4	5M		3256
x	1944	April	5A	back-5a	10M		3256
x	1945	June	5B	blank	4M		3256
x	1945	December	5B	blank	6M		3256
x	1946	March	5B	blank	5M		3256
x	1946	August	5B	blank	25M	1946	3256				HCF
	1947	not made
	1948	not made
	1949	not made
x	1950	January	5B	blank	8M	1946	3256
x	1950	October	5B	blank	10M	1946	3256
x	1951	August	5B	back-6a	10M	1946	3256
x	1952	June	5B	back-6b-1-camping	4M	1946	3256
x	1952	November	6	back-6b-1-camping	12M	1946	3256
x	1953	May	6	back-6b-1-camping	12M	1946	3256
x	1954	January	6	back-6b-1-camping	15M	1946	3256
	1954	March	6		10M	1946	3256
x	1954	September	6	back-6b-2-camping	25M	1946	3256				HCJV1
x	1955	July	6	back-6b-2-camping	25M	1946	3256				HCJV1
x	1956	June	6	back-6b-2-camping	30M	1946	3256
x	1957	May	6	back-6b-2-camping	35M	1946	3256
x	1958	April	6	back-6c-camping	35M	1946	3256
x	1959	April	6	back-6c-camping	35M	1946	3256
x	1960	April	6	back-6d	40M	1946	3256
x	1961	March	6	back-6d	40M	1946	3256				HCJV2
x	1962	February	6	back-6e	45M	1946	3256
x	1963	January	6	back-6f	50M	1946	3256
x	1963	December	6	back-6g	50M	1946	3256				HCP
	1964	not made
x	1965	January	6	back-6h	50M	1946	3256
x	1965	October	6	back-6i	50M	1946	3256				HCP
x	1966	December	7A-1	back-7	65M	1966	3256				HCL
x	1967	August	7A-1	back-7	60M	1966	3256				HCP
x	1968	April	7A-1	back-7	75M	1966	3256				HCL
x	1969	April	7A-1	back-7	40M	1966	3256
x	1969	April	7A-2	back-7	20M	1966	3256
x	1970	June	7A-2	back-7	40M	1966	3256
x	1971	March	7A-2	back-7	60M	1966	3256				HCM
x	1972	March	7A-2	back-7	65M	1966	3256
x	1973	April	8	back-8a	55M	1966	3256				HCSV1
x	1974	June	8	back-8b	13M	1966	3256
x	1975	January	8	back-8b	25M	1966	3256
x	1975	April	8	back-8c-1	10M	1966	3256
x	1976	February	8	back-8c-1	20M	1966	3256
x	1977	April	8	back-8c-2	28M	1966	3256
x	1978	April	8	back-8d	30M	1966	3256
x	1979	April	8	back-8d	25M	1966	3256
x	1980	March	9A	back-9a	30M	1966	3256
x	1981	March	9A	back-9a	30M	1966	3256
x	1982	March	9A	back-9a	30M	1966	3256
x	1983	January	9A	back-9a	30M	1966	3256
x	1984	January	9B	back-9a	30M	1984	3256
x	1985	January	9B	back-9b-2	30M	1984	3256
x	1986	January	9B	back-9b-2	30M	1984	3256
x	1986	August	9B	back-9b-2	35M	1984	3256
x	1987	July	9B	back-9b-2	28M	1984	3256
x	1988	February	9B	back-9b-2	35M	1984	3256
x	1989	April	9B	back-9b-2	35M	1984	3256
x	1990	February	9B	back-9b-2	35M	1984	3256
x	1991	September	9B	back-9c-1	35M	1984	3256
x	1992	December	9B	back-9c-2	35M	1984	33256	730176332567
	1993	not made
x	1994	March	9B	back-9d	35M	1984	33256	730176332567
x	1995	February	9B	back-9d	35M	1984	33256	730176332567
x	1996	April	9B	back-9d	35M	1984	33256	730176332567
x	1997	September	9B	back-9d		1984	33256	730176332567
	1998	not made
x	1999		9B	back-9f		1984	33256	730176332567
x	2000		9C	back-9f		1999	33256A	730176332567				1999 Edition
x	2000		9C	back-9f			33256A	730176332567				2000 printing of the 1999 Edition
x	2001		9C	back-9f		1999	33256A	730176332567
x	2002		9C	back-9f			33256A	730176332567
x	2003		9C	back-9g		1999	33256A	730176332567
x	2004		9C	back-9g			33256A	730176332567
x	2005		9C	back-9g			33256A	730176332567
x	2005		9D-1	back-9g			33256B	730176332567
	2006	not made
x	2007		9D-2	back-9h-2			33256B	730176332567
x	2008		10A	back-1008e2			35866	730176358666
	2009	not made
x	2010		10C	back-1010e2			35866	730176358666
x	2011		10C	back-1010e2			35866	730176358666
	2012	not made
x	2013		10C	back-1010e2			35866	730176358666
x	2013		10C-ES	back-1013e2es			619133	730176357386				01268-AL
x	2014		10C	back-1013e2			35866	730176358666				01268-AL
	2015	not made
x	2016		10D	back-1016e1			636058	730176346236				01268-PSF
x	2016		10D	back-1016e1			636058	730176346236				01042-AL
x	2016		10D	back-1016e1			636058	730176346236				00432
	2017	not made
	2018	not made
x	2019		10D	back-1019e1			641580	730176347431				358
x	2020		10D	back-1019e1			655627	730176351520				358
	2021	not made
x	2022		10D	back-1019e1			655627	730176351520				358
x	2023		10D	back-1019e1			655627	730176351520				358
x	2024		11A	back-1124e1			35866	7301766623667	662366	300070052		00358n
	2025	not made

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	1	16	22
1912	52	11	51
1913	161	11	56
1914	307	11	58
1915	374	12	58
1916	392	15	56
1917	919	10	58
1918	921	14	58
1919	1,974	16	59
1920	1,976	13	59
1921	3,347	13	61
1922	4,566	13	61
1923	5,369	12	63
1924	5,061	12	64
1925	6,797	12	64
1926	7,915	16	65
1927	7,354	20	68
1928	6,775	26	88
1929	8,713	22	89
1930	9,711	22	92
1931	11,568	21	96
1932	11,662	21	98
1933	11,549	22	101
1934	10,747	22	101
1935	11,545	22	101
1936	10,816	21	101
1937	11,236	19	102
1938	12,747	21	105
1939	14,458	19	106
1940	15,035	17	106
1941	13,796	17	106
1942	13,011	17	110
1943	13,576	17	112
1944	16,112	19	111
1945	17,576	17	111
1946	16,506	15	111
1947	15,271	14	111
1948	15,331	12	111
1949	16,228	14	111
1950	19,028	13	111
1951	21,010	12	111
1952	25,299	11	120
1953	24,109	10	105
1954	35,826	7	103
1955	40,942	7	100
1956	45,555	7	100
1957	49,492	6	100
1958	54,260	6	101
1959	57,336	7	101
1960	66,211	8	100
1961	72,946	6	101
1962	75,021	4	101
1963	81,199	4	102
1964	84,411	4	107
1965	85,419	4	109
1966	86,042	4	110
1967	90,138	4	112
1968	92,337	3	112
1969	94,061	3	113
1970	93,032	3	113
1971	88,604	3	113
1972	85,527	4	124
1973	53,038	8	122
1974	77,429	6	121
1975	71,835	6	128
1976	65,445	5	130
1977	73,777	3	130
1978	70,159	3	131
1979	68,449	3	132
1980	47,916	3	132
1981	72,556	3	134
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	73,831	3	123
1994
1995
1996	70,825	3	134
1997
1998
1999
2000	70,916	5	128
2001	68,997	4	129
2002	69,811	4	129
2003	68,401	4	130
2004	68,638	4	121
2005	62,393	4	121
2006	61,469	4	121
2007	58,022	5	121
2008	58,654	5	121
2009	62,774	6	122
2010	62,174	6	125
2011	62,492	5	129
2012	60,772	5	132
2013	58,982	4	129
2014	54,265	7	136
2015	54,342	8	138
2016	53,534	7	138
2017	50,871	7	139
2018	49,893	8	139
2019	52,328	3	139
2020	30,490	10	137
2021		4	137
2022		6	138
2023		6	138
2024		7	138
2025		7	141