Composite Materials Merit Badge History
Earned through 202022,472
Best year20152,183 earned
All-time popularity#195official, as of 2020#194by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 2008. Peak year 2015 with 2,183. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.
Known count No data available
"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#124 of 141" means the badge was number 124 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.
2006—
2007—
20081,536#109 of 121
20091,380#114 of 122
20101,603#114 of 125
20111,817#110 of 129
20121,610#105 of 132
20131,817#92 of 129
20141,614#128 of 136
20152,183#122 of 138
20161,597#127 of 138
20171,407#130 of 139
20181,646#128 of 139
20191,383#131 of 139
20201,011#135 of 137
2021—#132 of 137
2022—#130 of 138
2023—#133 of 138
2024—#134 of 138
2025—#124 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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