Carpentry Merit Badge History

Earned through 1952547,636

Best year194423,070 earned

All-time popularity#67official, as of 2020#68by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1912. Peak year 1944 with 23,070. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19110 earned

191225 earned#23 of 51

191376 earned#22 of 56

1914221 earned#16 of 58

1915440 earned#8 of 58

1916649 earned#7 of 56

19171,119 earned#7 of 58

19181,250 earned#7 of 58

19192,554 earned#9 of 59

19202,430 earned#9 of 59

19214,298 earned#9 of 61

19225,643 earned#9 of 61

19235,866 earned#9 of 63

19245,671 earned#10 of 64

19257,585 earned#10 of 64

192611,769 earned#8 of 65

192713,921 earned#7 of 68

192818,955 earned#4 of 88

192920,178 earned#7 of 89

193020,499 earned#7 of 92

193122,637 earned#7 of 96

193220,954 earned#7 of 98

193322,356 earned#8 of 101

193418,763 earned#8 of 101

193519,433 earned#10 of 101

193616,308 earned#10 of 101

193717,533 earned#9 of 102

193820,916 earned#10 of 105

193921,826 earned#10 of 106

194021,779 earned#9 of 106

194119,218 earned#10 of 106

194216,858 earned#11 of 110

194319,691 earned#10 of 112

194423,070 earned#10 of 111

194521,878 earned#10 of 111

194616,756 earned#14 of 111

194715,110 earned#15 of 111

194815,010 earned#14 of 111

194917,147 earned#12 of 111

195019,796 earned#11 of 111

195119,741 earned#14 of 111

195217,707 earned#17 of 120

"#17 of 120" means the badge was number 17 of the 120 merit badges earned that year. 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

191225#23 of 51

191376#22 of 56

1914221#16 of 58

1915440#8 of 58

1916649#7 of 56

19171,119#7 of 58

19181,250#7 of 58

19192,554#9 of 59

19202,430#9 of 59

19214,298#9 of 61

19225,643#9 of 61

19235,866#9 of 63

19245,671#10 of 64

19257,585#10 of 64

192611,769#8 of 65

192713,921#7 of 68

192818,955#4 of 88

192920,178#7 of 89

193020,499#7 of 92

193122,637#7 of 96

193220,954#7 of 98

193322,356#8 of 101

193418,763#8 of 101

193519,433#10 of 101

193616,308#10 of 101

193717,533#9 of 102

193820,916#10 of 105

193921,826#10 of 106

194021,779#9 of 106

194119,218#10 of 106

194216,858#11 of 110

194319,691#10 of 112

194423,070#10 of 111

194521,878#10 of 111

194616,756#14 of 111

194715,110#15 of 111

194815,010#14 of 111

194917,147#12 of 111

195019,796#11 of 111

195119,741#14 of 111

195217,707#17 of 120

Grand total through 1952:

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Carpentry: workbook data

Printings (37)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	BSA #	HC	Notes
c	1920		1C					HB 20th Edition reference
	1920		2
	1921	not made
	1922	not made
c	1923		2
x	1924		2
	1925		2
x	1925		3A	back-3		3308
x	1926		3A	back-3		3308
x	1926		3A	back-3		3308		with 1928 pasted Requirements
	1926		3A	back-3		3308		with 1929 pasted Requirements
	1927		3A	back-3		3308
c	1928		3A	back-3		3308
x	1928		3B	back-3		3308
x	1929	October	3B	back-3	1M	3308
x	1930	May	3B	back-3		3308
x	1930	November	3B	back-3		3308
x	1931	June	3B	back-3		3308
x	1932	February	3B	back-3	1M	3308
x	1933	January	3B	back-3	1M	3308
x	1934	March	3B	back-3	1M	3308
c	1934	June	3B	back-3	2M	3308
x	1935	October	3B	back-3	2M	3308
	1936	not made
x	1937	February	3B	back-3	2M	3308
x	1938	April	3C	back-3	2M	3308
c	1939	April	3B	back-3	2M	3308
x	1939	April	3D	back-3	2M	3308
	1940	not made
x	1941	January	3D	back-3	2M	3308		may be a 3C cover in existence but highly unlikely
c	1941	January	4	back-4	2M	3308
x	1942	February	4	back-4	2M	3308
x	1943	February	4	back-4	2M	3308
x	1943	September	4	back-4	3M	3308
x	1944	May	5A	back-5a	3M	3308
x	1945	June	5B	blank	8M	3308
x	1946	November	5B	blank	5M	3308	HCF
	1947	not made
x	1948	April	5B	blank	4M	3308
x	1949	July	5B	blank	4M	3308
x	1950	June	5B	blank	4M	3308
x	1951	August	5B	back-6a	6M	3308	HCH

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	0
1912	25	23	51
1913	76	22	56
1914	221	16	58
1915	440	8	58
1916	649	7	56
1917	1,119	7	58
1918	1,250	7	58
1919	2,554	9	59
1920	2,430	9	59
1921	4,298	9	61
1922	5,643	9	61
1923	5,866	9	63
1924	5,671	10	64
1925	7,585	10	64
1926	11,769	8	65
1927	13,921	7	68
1928	18,955	4	88
1929	20,178	7	89
1930	20,499	7	92
1931	22,637	7	96
1932	20,954	7	98
1933	22,356	8	101
1934	18,763	8	101
1935	19,433	10	101
1936	16,308	10	101
1937	17,533	9	102
1938	20,916	10	105
1939	21,826	10	106
1940	21,779	9	106
1941	19,218	10	106
1942	16,858	11	110
1943	19,691	10	112
1944	23,070	10	111
1945	21,878	10	111
1946	16,756	14	111
1947	15,110	15	111
1948	15,010	14	111
1949	17,147	12	111
1950	19,796	11	111
1951	19,741	14	111
1952	17,707	17	120