Personal Health Merit Badge History

Earned through 19521,014,799

Best year194447,820 earned

All-time popularity#43official, as of 2020#44by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1911. Peak year 1944 with 47,820. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

191115 earned#1 of 22

1912236 earned#1 of 51

1913698 earned#1 of 56

1914910 earned#1 of 58

1915871 earned#2 of 58

19161,158 earned#2 of 56

19171,871 earned#2 of 58

19182,295 earned#1 of 58

19194,950 earned#2 of 59

19204,681 earned#1 of 59

19217,325 earned#2 of 61

19229,235 earned#3 of 61

19239,426 earned#3 of 63

19249,393 earned#1 of 64

192511,443 earned#3 of 64

192617,732 earned#3 of 65

192720,999 earned#3 of 68

192828,046 earned#2 of 88

192931,276 earned#2 of 89

193031,784 earned#2 of 92

193133,772 earned#2 of 96

193234,297 earned#2 of 98

193337,808 earned#2 of 101

193433,758 earned#1 of 101

193537,818 earned#1 of 101

193631,370 earned#1 of 101

193728,643 earned#2 of 102

193841,106 earned#1 of 105

193942,669 earned#1 of 106

194041,826 earned#1 of 106

194137,384 earned#1 of 106

194235,668 earned#2 of 110

194340,253 earned#1 of 112

194447,820 earned#1 of 111

194546,183 earned#1 of 111

194636,303 earned#2 of 111

194731,934 earned#2 of 111

194829,921 earned#2 of 111

194934,336 earned#3 of 111

195039,372 earned#2 of 111

195142,102 earned#3 of 111

195236,112 earned#6 of 120

"#6 of 120" means the badge was number 6 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.

191115#1 of 22

1912236#1 of 51

1913698#1 of 56

1914910#1 of 58

1915871#2 of 58

19161,158#2 of 56

19171,871#2 of 58

19182,295#1 of 58

19194,950#2 of 59

19204,681#1 of 59

19217,325#2 of 61

19229,235#3 of 61

19239,426#3 of 63

19249,393#1 of 64

192511,443#3 of 64

192617,732#3 of 65

192720,999#3 of 68

192828,046#2 of 88

192931,276#2 of 89

193031,784#2 of 92

193133,772#2 of 96

193234,297#2 of 98

193337,808#2 of 101

193433,758#1 of 101

193537,818#1 of 101

193631,370#1 of 101

193728,643#2 of 102

193841,106#1 of 105

193942,669#1 of 106

194041,826#1 of 106

194137,384#1 of 106

194235,668#2 of 110

194340,253#1 of 112

194447,820#1 of 111

194546,183#1 of 111

194636,303#2 of 111

194731,934#2 of 111

194829,921#2 of 111

194934,336#3 of 111

195039,372#2 of 111

195142,102#3 of 111

195236,112#6 of 120

Grand total through 1952:

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Personal Health: workbook data

Printings (40)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Run	©	BSA #	HC	Notes
c	1919		1C					hb 20th edition reference
	1920	not made
	1921	not made
	1922		2
c	1923		2
c	1924		2
c	1925		2					20c Radio
x	1925		3A					intro 1 - last page blank
x	1925		3A					intro 2 - last page 15c Boy Scout Diary
x	1926		3A		1926	3323
	1927	not made
	1928	not made
x	1929		3B		1929	3323
x	1929	August	3B			3323
x	1929	October	3B			3323
x	1930	February	3B			3323
	1930	April	3B			3323
x	1930	October	3B		1930	3323
x	1931	February	3B			3323
c	1931	July	3B			3323
x	1931	December	3B	2M		3323
x	1932	July	3B	2M		3323
x	1933	June	3B	2M		3323
c	1934	March	3B	3M		3323
x	1934	December	3B	3M		3323
x	1935	August	3B	4M		3323
x	1936	November	3C	5M		3323
x	1936	November	3C	5M		3323		with pasted requirements effective jan 1 1938
	1937	not made
x	1938	March	3C	4M		3323
x	1938	December	3D	2M		3323
x	1939	May	3D	5M		3323
x	1940	January	4	5M		3323
x	1941	August	4	7M		3323	HCB
x	1942	July	4	8M		3323
	1943	not made
x	1944	March	4	11M		3323	HCA
x	1944	March	5A	11M		3323
x	1944	December	5B	11M		3323
x	1945	September	5B	9M		3323
x	1946	February	5B	15M		3323
	1947	not made
x	1948	April	5B	10M		3323
x	1949	June	5B	10M		3323
x	1950	June	5B	10M		3323
x	1951	May	5B	6M		3323
x	1951	November	5B	10M		3323
	1952	not made

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	15	1	22
1912	236	1	51
1913	698	1	56
1914	910	1	58
1915	871	2	58
1916	1,158	2	56
1917	1,871	2	58
1918	2,295	1	58
1919	4,950	2	59
1920	4,681	1	59
1921	7,325	2	61
1922	9,235	3	61
1923	9,426	3	63
1924	9,393	1	64
1925	11,443	3	64
1926	17,732	3	65
1927	20,999	3	68
1928	28,046	2	88
1929	31,276	2	89
1930	31,784	2	92
1931	33,772	2	96
1932	34,297	2	98
1933	37,808	2	101
1934	33,758	1	101
1935	37,818	1	101
1936	31,370	1	101
1937	28,643	2	102
1938	41,106	1	105
1939	42,669	1	106
1940	41,826	1	106
1941	37,384	1	106
1942	35,668	2	110
1943	40,253	1	112
1944	47,820	1	111
1945	46,183	1	111
1946	36,303	2	111
1947	31,934	2	111
1948	29,921	2	111
1949	34,336	3	111
1950	39,372	2	111
1951	42,102	3	111
1952	36,112	6	120