Scuba Diving Merit Badge History
Earned through 202024,100
Best year20113,015 earned
All-time popularity#193official, as of 2020#188by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 2009. Peak year 2011 with 3,015. 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. "#132 of 141" means the badge was number 132 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.
2009130#122 of 122
20102,962#103 of 125
20113,015#99 of 129
20122,594#95 of 132
20132,370#86 of 129
20141,989#125 of 136
20152,135#124 of 138
20161,792#126 of 138
20171,842#125 of 139
20182,036#126 of 139
20191,912#127 of 139
20201,323#131 of 137
2021—#121 of 137
2022—#123 of 138
2023—#126 of 138
2024—#126 of 138
2025—#132 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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