Cycling Merit Badge History

Earned through 2020610,301

Best year197312,867 earned

All-time popularity#62official, as of 2020#63by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1911. Peak year 1973 with 12,867. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19116 earned#5 of 22

191255 earned#9 of 51

1913166 earned#8 of 56

1914329 earned#10 of 58

1915394 earned#10 of 58

1916392 earned#15 of 56

1917755 earned#16 of 58

1918723 earned#19 of 58

19192,025 earned#15 of 59

19201,632 earned#19 of 59

19212,610 earned#19 of 61

19223,168 earned#20 of 61

19233,215 earned#21 of 63

19243,337 earned#21 of 64

19253,743 earned#21 of 64

19265,715 earned#21 of 65

19277,074 earned#21 of 68

192810,335 earned#17 of 88

19299,768 earned#21 of 89

193010,562 earned#20 of 92

193111,298 earned#22 of 96

193211,708 earned#20 of 98

19337,640 earned#25 of 101

19344,120 earned#30 of 101

19353,645 earned#39 of 101

19362,591 earned#44 of 101

19373,072 earned#40 of 102

19383,847 earned#39 of 105

19394,052 earned#40 of 106

19403,911 earned#41 of 106

19413,171 earned#43 of 106

19422,832 earned#46 of 110

19433,270 earned#44 of 112

19444,426 earned#43 of 111

19453,017 earned#53 of 111

19462,584 earned#52 of 111

19472,571 earned#52 of 111

19482,597 earned#50 of 111

19493,066 earned#50 of 111

19503,311 earned#51 of 111

19513,789 earned#52 of 111

19523,627 earned#56 of 120

19533,890 earned#50 of 105

19545,020 earned#47 of 103

19555,209 earned#48 of 100

19565,112 earned#49 of 100

19575,172 earned#49 of 100

19585,264 earned#48 of 101

19595,540 earned#47 of 101

19606,991 earned#47 of 100

19617,617 earned#45 of 101

19627,962 earned#47 of 101

19638,329 earned#46 of 102

19648,129 earned#47 of 107

19657,338 earned#46 of 109

19666,993 earned#48 of 110

19677,469 earned#50 of 112

19687,673 earned#50 of 112

19697,335 earned#54 of 113

19707,013 earned#54 of 113

19717,399 earned#51 of 113

197210,011 earned#47 of 124

197312,867 earned#43 of 122

197412,263 earned#56 of 121

197511,055 earned#57 of 128

19768,921 earned#59 of 130

19777,310 earned#61 of 130

19786,224 earned#65 of 131

19795,244 earned#61 of 132

19803,767 earned#59 of 132

19815,587 earned#55 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

19935,703 earned#62 of 123

1994No data available

1995No data available

19964,975 earned#66 of 134

1997No data available

1998No data available

1999No data available

20009,641 earned#54 of 128

20019,004 earned#54 of 129

20028,725 earned#56 of 129

20037,865 earned#59 of 130

20048,648 earned#58 of 121

20057,217 earned#58 of 121

20067,242 earned#58 of 121

20076,754 earned#58 of 121

20086,480 earned#63 of 121

20097,736 earned#61 of 122

20107,533 earned#63 of 125

20116,992 earned#61 of 129

20127,053 earned#58 of 132

20136,551 earned#49 of 129

20146,268 earned#76 of 136

20156,626 earned#75 of 138

20166,334 earned#76 of 138

20175,742 earned#80 of 139

20185,671 earned#81 of 139

20195,503 earned#85 of 139

20205,247 earned#68 of 137

2021No data available#75 of 137

2022No data available#89 of 138

2023No data available#97 of 138

2024No data available#102 of 138

2025No data available#102 of 141

Known count No data available

"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#102 of 141" means the badge was number 102 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.

19116#5 of 22

191255#9 of 51

1913166#8 of 56

1914329#10 of 58

1915394#10 of 58

1916392#15 of 56

1917755#16 of 58

1918723#19 of 58

19192,025#15 of 59

19201,632#19 of 59

19212,610#19 of 61

19223,168#20 of 61

19233,215#21 of 63

19243,337#21 of 64

19253,743#21 of 64

19265,715#21 of 65

19277,074#21 of 68

192810,335#17 of 88

19299,768#21 of 89

193010,562#20 of 92

193111,298#22 of 96

193211,708#20 of 98

19337,640#25 of 101

19344,120#30 of 101

19353,645#39 of 101

19362,591#44 of 101

19373,072#40 of 102

19383,847#39 of 105

19394,052#40 of 106

19403,911#41 of 106

19413,171#43 of 106

19422,832#46 of 110

19433,270#44 of 112

19444,426#43 of 111

19453,017#53 of 111

19462,584#52 of 111

19472,571#52 of 111

19482,597#50 of 111

19493,066#50 of 111

19503,311#51 of 111

19513,789#52 of 111

19523,627#56 of 120

19533,890#50 of 105

19545,020#47 of 103

19555,209#48 of 100

19565,112#49 of 100

19575,172#49 of 100

19585,264#48 of 101

19595,540#47 of 101

19606,991#47 of 100

19617,617#45 of 101

19627,962#47 of 101

19638,329#46 of 102

19648,129#47 of 107

19657,338#46 of 109

19666,993#48 of 110

19677,469#50 of 112

19687,673#50 of 112

19697,335#54 of 113

19707,013#54 of 113

19717,399#51 of 113

197210,011#47 of 124

197312,867#43 of 122

197412,263#56 of 121

197511,055#57 of 128

19768,921#59 of 130

19777,310#61 of 130

19786,224#65 of 131

19795,244#61 of 132

19803,767#59 of 132

19815,587#55 of 134

1982—

1983—

1984—

1985—

1986—

1987—

1988—

1989—

1990—

1991—

1992—

19935,703#62 of 123

1994—

1995—

19964,975#66 of 134

1997—

1998—

1999—

20009,641#54 of 128

20019,004#54 of 129

20028,725#56 of 129

20037,865#59 of 130

20048,648#58 of 121

20057,217#58 of 121

20067,242#58 of 121

20076,754#58 of 121

20086,480#63 of 121

20097,736#61 of 122

20107,533#63 of 125

20116,992#61 of 129

20127,053#58 of 132

20136,551#49 of 129

20146,268#76 of 136

20156,626#75 of 138

20166,334#76 of 138

20175,742#80 of 139

20185,671#81 of 139

20195,503#85 of 139

20205,247#68 of 137

2021—#75 of 137

2022—#89 of 138

2023—#97 of 138

2024—#102 of 138

2025—#102 of 141

Grand total through 2020:

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Cycling: workbook data

Printings (100)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	SKU	SA #	HC	Notes
c	1919		1A	blank								1b hb 18th edition reference
c	1919		1B-2	blank								1a hb 20th edition reference
	1920	not made
	1921	not made
	1922	not made
c	1923		2	blank								15c Radio
c	1924		2	blank								15c Radio
c	1924		2	blank								20c Radio
c	1925		2	blank								20c Radio
	1925		3A over 2				3277					1924 printing
	1925		3A	back-3			3277
x	1926		3A	back-3			3277
x	1927		3A	back-3			3277
c	1928		3B	back-3			3277
x	1929	December	3B	back-3		1929	3277
	1930	March	3B	back-3			3277
c	1930	November	3B	back-3		1930	3277
c	1931	March	3B	back-3		1930	3277
x	1932	April	3B	back-3	1M		3277
x	1933	December	3B	back-3	1M		3277
	1934	not made
x	1935	February	3B	back-3	1M		3277
x	1936	April	3B	back-3	1M		3277
x	1937	May	3B	back-3	1M		3277
x	1937	May	3C	back-3	1M		3277
x	1938	March	3C	back-3	1M		3277
c	1939	February	3C	back-3	1M		3277
x	1940	January	3C	back-3	1M		3277
x	1940	January	3D	back-3	1M		3277
x	1940	November	3D	back-3	1M		3277
x	1941	June	3D	back-3	2M		3277
	1942	not made
x	1943	March	4	back-4	2M	1943	3277
x	1944	April	5A	back-5a	3M	1943	3277
x	1945	September	5B	blank	2M	1943	3277
x	1946	February	5B	blank	4M	1943	3277				HCF
	1947	not made
x	1948	February	5B	blank	2M		3277				HCF
x	1949	September	5B	blank	3M	1949	3277
x	1950	July	5B	blank	3M	1949	3277
x	1951	July	5B	back-6a	3M	1949	3277
x	1952	June	6	back-6b-1-cycling	3M	1949	3277				HCI
x	1953	January	6	back-6b-1-cycling	4M	1949	3277
x	1954	January	6	back-6b-1-cycling	4M	1949	3277
x	1954	August	6	back-6b-2-cycling	6M	1949	3277				HCJV1
x	1955	June	6	back-6b-2-cycling	6M	1949	3277
x	1956	March	6	back-6b-2-cycling	7M	1949	3277
x	1957	January	6	back-6b-2-cycling	7M	1949	3277
x	1958	February	6	back-6c-cycling	7M	1949	3277
x	1959	February	6	back-6c-cycling	7M	1949	3277				HCJV1
x	1960	January	6	back-6c-cycling	8M	1949	3277
x	1960	September	6	back-6d	9M	1949	3277
x	1961	October	6	back-6e	9M	1949	3277
x	1962	August	6	back-6f	10M	1949	3277
x	1963	July	6	back-6g	10M	1949	3277
x	1964	April	6	back-6h	12M	1949	3277				HCK
x	1965	June	6	back-6i	12.5M	1949	3277				HCL, HCP
x	1966	June	7A	back-7	12M	1949	3277
x	1967	May	7A	back-7	12M	1949	3277
	1968	not made
x	1969	May	7B-1	back-7	15M	1969	3277				HCL, HCN
x	1970	March	7B-2	back-7	16M	1969	3277				HCL
x	1971	April	7C	back-7	14M	1971	3277				HCM
x	1972	March	7C	back-7	15M	1971	3277				HCM
x	1972	December	8A	back-8a	20M	1971	3277				HCSV1
x	1973	September	8A	back-8a	30M	1971	3277				HCT
	1974	not made
x	1975	February	8B	back-8b	22M	1971	3277
	1976	not made
	1977	not made
x	1978	November	8B	back-8d	6M	1971	3277
	1979	not made
x	1980	January	9A	back-9a	6M	1971	3277
x	1981	January	9A	back-9a	6M	1971	3277
x	1981	September	9A	back-9a	7M	1971	3277
x	1982	October	9B	back-9a	6M	1971	3277
x	1983	November	9B	back-9a	6M	1971	3277
x	1984	August	9B	back-9a	6M	1971	3277
x	1985	October	9B	back-9b-2	6M	1971	3277
x	1986	October	9B	back-9b-2	6M	1971	3277
x	1987	September	9B	back-9b-2	8M	1971	3277
x	1988	December	9B	back-9b-2	6M	1971	3277
x	1989	November	9B	back-9b-2	6.5M		3277
x	1990	October	9B	back-9c-1	6.5M		3277
x	1991	November	9B	back-9c-2	7M		33277	730176332772
	1992	not made
x	1993	February	9B	back-9c-2	7M		33277	730176332772
x	1994	February	9B	back-9d	7M		33277	730176332772
x	1995	April	9B	back-9d	6M		33277	730176332772
x	1996	February	9C-1	back-9d	6.5M		33226	730176332260
x	1997	September	9C-1	back-9d		1996	33226	730176332260
x	1998		9C-1	back-9e		1996	33226	730176332260
x	1999		9C-2	back-9f		1996	33226	730176332260
x	2000		9C-2	back-9f			33226	730176332260
x	2001		9C-2	back-9f			33226	730176332260
	2002	not made
x	2003		9D-1	back-9g		2003	33226A	730176332260
x	2004		9D-1	back-9g		2003	33226A	730176332260
	2005	not made
x	2006		9D-1	back-9g		2003	33226A	730176332260
x	2007		9D-2	back-9h-2		2003	33226A	730176332260
x	2008		10A	back-1008e1			35881	730176358819
	2009	not made
x	2010		10C-1	back-1010e1			35881	730176358819
x	2011		10C-1	back-1010e1			35881	730176358819
x	2012		10C-1	back-1010e1			35881	730176358819
x	2013		10C-2	back-1013e1a			616618	730176357126				01268-AL
	2014	not made
x	2015		10C-2	back-1013e1a			616618	730176357126				01268-AL
	2016	not made
x	2017		10D-1A	back-1016e1			616618	730176357126				01268-PSF
x	2017		10D-1A	back-1016e1		2017	616618	730176357126				00432
	2018	not made
x	2019		10D-1B	back-1019e1		2017	616618	730176357126				358
x	2020		10D-2	back-1019e1			655187	730176351407				358
	2021	not made
x	2022		10D-2	back-1019e1			655187	730176351407				358
x	2023		10D-2	back-1019e1			655187	730176351407				358
	2024	not made
x	2025		11A	back-1125e		2025	35881	730176351407	655187	300079976		358

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	6	5	22
1912	55	9	51
1913	166	8	56
1914	329	10	58
1915	394	10	58
1916	392	15	56
1917	755	16	58
1918	723	19	58
1919	2,025	15	59
1920	1,632	19	59
1921	2,610	19	61
1922	3,168	20	61
1923	3,215	21	63
1924	3,337	21	64
1925	3,743	21	64
1926	5,715	21	65
1927	7,074	21	68
1928	10,335	17	88
1929	9,768	21	89
1930	10,562	20	92
1931	11,298	22	96
1932	11,708	20	98
1933	7,640	25	101
1934	4,120	30	101
1935	3,645	39	101
1936	2,591	44	101
1937	3,072	40	102
1938	3,847	39	105
1939	4,052	40	106
1940	3,911	41	106
1941	3,171	43	106
1942	2,832	46	110
1943	3,270	44	112
1944	4,426	43	111
1945	3,017	53	111
1946	2,584	52	111
1947	2,571	52	111
1948	2,597	50	111
1949	3,066	50	111
1950	3,311	51	111
1951	3,789	52	111
1952	3,627	56	120
1953	3,890	50	105
1954	5,020	47	103
1955	5,209	48	100
1956	5,112	49	100
1957	5,172	49	100
1958	5,264	48	101
1959	5,540	47	101
1960	6,991	47	100
1961	7,617	45	101
1962	7,962	47	101
1963	8,329	46	102
1964	8,129	47	107
1965	7,338	46	109
1966	6,993	48	110
1967	7,469	50	112
1968	7,673	50	112
1969	7,335	54	113
1970	7,013	54	113
1971	7,399	51	113
1972	10,011	47	124
1973	12,867	43	122
1974	12,263	56	121
1975	11,055	57	128
1976	8,921	59	130
1977	7,310	61	130
1978	6,224	65	131
1979	5,244	61	132
1980	3,767	59	132
1981	5,587	55	134
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	5,703	62	123
1994
1995
1996	4,975	66	134
1997
1998
1999
2000	9,641	54	128
2001	9,004	54	129
2002	8,725	56	129
2003	7,865	59	130
2004	8,648	58	121
2005	7,217	58	121
2006	7,242	58	121
2007	6,754	58	121
2008	6,480	63	121
2009	7,736	61	122
2010	7,533	63	125
2011	6,992	61	129
2012	7,053	58	132
2013	6,551	49	129
2014	6,268	76	136
2015	6,626	75	138
2016	6,334	76	138
2017	5,742	80	139
2018	5,671	81	139
2019	5,503	85	139
2020	5,247	68	137
2021		75	137
2022		89	138
2023		97	138
2024		102	138
2025		102	141