Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge History
Earned through 2020156,539
Best year20117,503 earned
All-time popularity#125official, as of 2020#119by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 1993. Peak year 2011 with 7,503. 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. "#79 of 141" means the badge was number 79 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.
19933,405#80 of 123
1994—
1995—
19962,828#87 of 134
1997—
1998—
1999—
20002,615#96 of 128
20012,783#95 of 129
20022,387#101 of 129
20032,592#100 of 130
20042,316#104 of 121
20052,275#104 of 121
20063,245#94 of 121
20073,964#87 of 121
20084,924#80 of 121
20096,100#77 of 122
20107,362#65 of 125
20117,503#61 of 129
20127,230#58 of 132
20136,690#49 of 129
20146,204#78 of 136
20156,153#79 of 138
20165,833#81 of 138
20175,239#85 of 139
20185,571#83 of 139
20195,933#80 of 139
20206,334#49 of 137
2021—#74 of 137
2022—#76 of 138
2023—#71 of 138
2024—#82 of 138
2025—#79 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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