Pulp and Paper Merit Badge History
Earned through 2020150,884
Best year20127,495 earned
All-time popularity#128official, as of 2020#120by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 1972. Peak year 2012 with 7,495. 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. "#55 of 141" means the badge was number 55 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.
197212#124 of 124
1973655#115 of 122
19742,473#107 of 121
19753,011#99 of 128
19762,594#102 of 130
19772,327#103 of 130
19782,001#101 of 131
19791,283#105 of 132
1980734#105 of 132
19811,274#99 of 134
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19931,776#101 of 123
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19962,328#90 of 134
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1999—
20003,207#89 of 128
20012,761#96 of 129
20023,091#96 of 129
20033,120#96 of 130
20042,430#101 of 121
20052,878#99 of 121
20062,914#99 of 121
20073,492#94 of 121
20084,134#88 of 121
20094,933#88 of 122
20105,549#84 of 125
20116,449#68 of 129
20127,495#58 of 132
20137,034#49 of 129
20146,250#77 of 136
20157,379#69 of 138
20166,081#78 of 138
20176,879#70 of 139
20185,911#78 of 139
20195,973#79 of 139
20204,054#86 of 137
2021—#70 of 137
2022—#66 of 138
2023—#72 of 138
2024—#67 of 138
2025—#55 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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