Consumer Buying Merit Badge History
Earned through 200326,970
Best year19781,884 earned
All-time popularity#192official, as of 2020#195by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 1975. Peak year 1978 with 1,884. 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. "#130 of 130" means the badge was number 130 of the 130 merit badges earned that year. 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.
19751,017#125 of 128
19761,779#114 of 130
19771,815#111 of 130
19781,884#103 of 131
19791,544#98 of 132
1980647#112 of 132
19811,186#106 of 134
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1993806#121 of 123
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1996203#120 of 134
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2000119#123 of 128
20019#127 of 129
20025#127 of 129
20033#130 of 130
Grand total through 2003:
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