Sculpture Merit Badge History

Earned through 2020350,848

Best year201113,074 earned

All-time popularity#83official, as of 2020#80by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1912. Peak year 2011 with 13,074. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19110 earned

19121 earned#48 of 51

191310 earned#45 of 56

191436 earned#45 of 58

191510 earned#53 of 58

19162 earned#56 of 56

19176 earned#57 of 58

191812 earned#57 of 58

191962 earned#56 of 59

192016 earned#58 of 59

192138 earned#60 of 61

192247 earned#60 of 61

192390 earned#60 of 63

192444 earned#63 of 64

192566 earned#63 of 64

1926124 earned#63 of 65

1927349 earned#65 of 68

1928564 earned#75 of 88

1929198 earned#87 of 89

1930171 earned#90 of 92

1931256 earned#93 of 96

1932188 earned#93 of 98

1933251 earned#95 of 101

1934250 earned#95 of 101

1935164 earned#99 of 101

1936133 earned#99 of 101

1937525 earned#87 of 102

1938204 earned#103 of 105

1939199 earned#102 of 106

1940274 earned#97 of 106

1941477 earned#91 of 106

1942163 earned#105 of 110

1943143 earned#109 of 112

1944191 earned#110 of 111

1945179 earned#110 of 111

1946171 earned#110 of 111

1947106 earned#110 of 111

1948237 earned#107 of 111

1949282 earned#104 of 111

1950425 earned#101 of 111

1951607 earned#97 of 111

1952675 earned#103 of 120

1953772 earned#87 of 105

19541,055 earned#85 of 103

19551,295 earned#82 of 100

19562,272 earned#71 of 100

19571,600 earned#81 of 100

19581,428 earned#83 of 101

19591,573 earned#82 of 101

19601,804 earned#80 of 100

19612,120 earned#78 of 101

19621,840 earned#82 of 101

19631,900 earned#80 of 102

19642,048 earned#79 of 107

19652,022 earned#75 of 109

19662,185 earned#76 of 110

19672,187 earned#81 of 112

19682,548 earned#78 of 112

19692,851 earned#78 of 113

19702,461 earned#83 of 113

19712,346 earned#81 of 113

19723,097 earned#83 of 124

19732,574 earned#93 of 122

19746,201 earned#72 of 121

19755,460 earned#79 of 128

19764,524 earned#84 of 130

19773,772 earned#83 of 130

19783,066 earned#83 of 131

19792,463 earned#82 of 132

19801,392 earned#86 of 132

19812,180 earned#84 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

19935,440 earned#64 of 123

1994No data available

1995No data available

19965,042 earned#65 of 134

1997No data available

1998No data available

1999No data available

20007,257 earned#60 of 128

20015,825 earned#67 of 129

200210,375 earned#53 of 129

200310,347 earned#53 of 130

200410,926 earned#51 of 121

20058,760 earned#55 of 121

20069,450 earned#54 of 121

20079,091 earned#53 of 121

20089,728 earned#52 of 121

200910,372 earned#52 of 122

201010,750 earned#50 of 125

201113,074 earned#45 of 129

201212,829 earned#44 of 132

201311,493 earned#34 of 129

20149,887 earned#60 of 136

201510,042 earned#56 of 138

20168,900 earned#61 of 138

20178,715 earned#59 of 139

20188,212 earned#60 of 139

20199,383 earned#57 of 139

20203,188 earned#96 of 137

2021No data available#53 of 137

2022No data available#49 of 138

2023No data available#49 of 138

2024No data available#51 of 138

2025No data available#60 of 141

Known count No data available

"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#60 of 141" means the badge was number 60 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.

19110none earned

19121#48 of 51

191310#45 of 56

191436#45 of 58

191510#53 of 58

19162#56 of 56

19176#57 of 58

191812#57 of 58

191962#56 of 59

192016#58 of 59

192138#60 of 61

192247#60 of 61

192390#60 of 63

192444#63 of 64

192566#63 of 64

1926124#63 of 65

1927349#65 of 68

1928564#75 of 88

1929198#87 of 89

1930171#90 of 92

1931256#93 of 96

1932188#93 of 98

1933251#95 of 101

1934250#95 of 101

1935164#99 of 101

1936133#99 of 101

1937525#87 of 102

1938204#103 of 105

1939199#102 of 106

1940274#97 of 106

1941477#91 of 106

1942163#105 of 110

1943143#109 of 112

1944191#110 of 111

1945179#110 of 111

1946171#110 of 111

1947106#110 of 111

1948237#107 of 111

1949282#104 of 111

1950425#101 of 111

1951607#97 of 111

1952675#103 of 120

1953772#87 of 105

19541,055#85 of 103

19551,295#82 of 100

19562,272#71 of 100

19571,600#81 of 100

19581,428#83 of 101

19591,573#82 of 101

19601,804#80 of 100

19612,120#78 of 101

19621,840#82 of 101

19631,900#80 of 102

19642,048#79 of 107

19652,022#75 of 109

19662,185#76 of 110

19672,187#81 of 112

19682,548#78 of 112

19692,851#78 of 113

19702,461#83 of 113

19712,346#81 of 113

19723,097#83 of 124

19732,574#93 of 122

19746,201#72 of 121

19755,460#79 of 128

19764,524#84 of 130

19773,772#83 of 130

19783,066#83 of 131

19792,463#82 of 132

19801,392#86 of 132

19812,180#84 of 134

1982—

1983—

1984—

1985—

1986—

1987—

1988—

1989—

1990—

1991—

1992—

19935,440#64 of 123

1994—

1995—

19965,042#65 of 134

1997—

1998—

1999—

20007,257#60 of 128

20015,825#67 of 129

200210,375#53 of 129

200310,347#53 of 130

200410,926#51 of 121

20058,760#55 of 121

20069,450#54 of 121

20079,091#53 of 121

20089,728#52 of 121

200910,372#52 of 122

201010,750#50 of 125

201113,074#45 of 129

201212,829#44 of 132

201311,493#34 of 129

20149,887#60 of 136

201510,042#56 of 138

20168,900#61 of 138

20178,715#59 of 139

20188,212#60 of 139

20199,383#57 of 139

20203,188#96 of 137

2021—#53 of 137

2022—#49 of 138

2023—#49 of 138

2024—#51 of 138

2025—#60 of 141

Grand total through 2020:

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Sculpture: workbook data

Printings (69)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	SKU	SA #	HC	Notes
x	1919		1C			1919						hb 20th edition reference
x	1919		2									20c Wireless
c	1920		1C									hb 20th edition reference
	1921	not made
	1922	not made
	1923	not made
	1924		2									15c Radio
x	1925		3A over 2									1924 printing
x	1925		3A
x	1926		3A
	1927	not made
	1928	not made
	1929	not made
x	1930	January	3B			1930
x	1931	March	3B			1930
	1932	not made
	1933	not made
	1934	not made
x	1935	February	3B		1M
	1936	not made
x	1937	April	3B		1M	1937
	1938	not made
	1939	not made
x	1940	February	3B		1M
	1941	not made
	1942	not made
x	1943	February	3B		1M			19.99
	1944	not made
x	1945	June	5B		3M	1945					HCE, HCF
	1946	not made
	1947	not made
	1948	not made
	1949	not made
x	1950	January	5B		1M	1945
	1951	June	5B		1M	1945
x	1951	November	5B		1M	1945
	1952	not made
x	1953	February	6		1M	1945
x	1953	October	6		1M	1945
x	1954	September	6		2M	1945
c	1955	July	6		2M	1945					HCJV1
	1956	June	6		2M	1945
	1957	June	6		2M	1945
x	1958	March	6		2M	1945
x	1959	March	6		2M	1945
x	1960	May	6		2M	1945
x	1960	November	6		2M	1945
	1961	not made
x	1962	April	6		2M	1945
c	1963	May	6		2M	1945					HCJV2
x	1964	January	6		2.2M
x	1965	March	6		2.5M
x	1966	March	6		2.5M						HCL
x	1967	January	7A		2.5M						HCL
x	1968	January	7A		3M
x	1969	March	7B		5M	1969					HCN
x	1970	October	7C		3M	1969					HCM, HCR
	1971	not made
x	1972	January	7C		3M	1969
x	1973	February	8A-1		5M	1969					HCSV1, HCSV2
x	1974	February	8A-1		5M	1969
x	1975	April	8		4M	1969
	1976	not made
x	1977	March	8A-2		2.5M	1969
x	1978	August	8A-2		2M	1969
	1979	not made
c	1980	July	9A		1.5M	1969
	1981	not made
x	1982	January	9A		1.5M	1969
x	1983	March	9A		1.5M	1969						date code does not have "M" it just shows as 1.5383
	1984	not made
x	1985	February	9A		1.2M	1969
x	1985	October	9A		1.2M	1969
x	1986	October	9A		2M	1969
	1987	not made
x	1988	January	9A		2M
x	1989	February	9A		2M
	1990	February	9A		2M
c	1991	July	9A	back-9c-1	2M
	1992	not made
x	1993	April	9A		2M
x	1994	March	9A		2M
x	1995	August	9A		2M
	1996	not made
	1997	not made
x	1998		9
	1999	not made
x	2000		9
	2001	not made
x	2002		9
	2003	not made
x	2004		9
x	2005		9
	2006	not made
x	2007		9B
x	2008		10A
	2009	not made
x	2010		10C
x	2011		10C
x	2012		10C
	2013	not made
x	2014		10C
	2015	not made
x	2016		10C
	2017	not made
	2018	not made
x	2019		10D
	2020	not made
	2021	not made
	2022	not made
	2023	not made
	2024	not made
x	2025		11A	back-1125		2025	35947	730176350721	650742	300086620

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	0
1912	1	48	51
1913	10	45	56
1914	36	45	58
1915	10	53	58
1916	2	56	56
1917	6	57	58
1918	12	57	58
1919	62	56	59
1920	16	58	59
1921	38	60	61
1922	47	60	61
1923	90	60	63
1924	44	63	64
1925	66	63	64
1926	124	63	65
1927	349	65	68
1928	564	75	88
1929	198	87	89
1930	171	90	92
1931	256	93	96
1932	188	93	98
1933	251	95	101
1934	250	95	101
1935	164	99	101
1936	133	99	101
1937	525	87	102
1938	204	103	105
1939	199	102	106
1940	274	97	106
1941	477	91	106
1942	163	105	110
1943	143	109	112
1944	191	110	111
1945	179	110	111
1946	171	110	111
1947	106	110	111
1948	237	107	111
1949	282	104	111
1950	425	101	111
1951	607	97	111
1952	675	103	120
1953	772	87	105
1954	1,055	85	103
1955	1,295	82	100
1956	2,272	71	100
1957	1,600	81	100
1958	1,428	83	101
1959	1,573	82	101
1960	1,804	80	100
1961	2,120	78	101
1962	1,840	82	101
1963	1,900	80	102
1964	2,048	79	107
1965	2,022	75	109
1966	2,185	76	110
1967	2,187	81	112
1968	2,548	78	112
1969	2,851	78	113
1970	2,461	83	113
1971	2,346	81	113
1972	3,097	83	124
1973	2,574	93	122
1974	6,201	72	121
1975	5,460	79	128
1976	4,524	84	130
1977	3,772	83	130
1978	3,066	83	131
1979	2,463	82	132
1980	1,392	86	132
1981	2,180	84	134
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	5,440	64	123
1994
1995
1996	5,042	65	134
1997
1998
1999
2000	7,257	60	128
2001	5,825	67	129
2002	10,375	53	129
2003	10,347	53	130
2004	10,926	51	121
2005	8,760	55	121
2006	9,450	54	121
2007	9,091	53	121
2008	9,728	52	121
2009	10,372	52	122
2010	10,750	50	125
2011	13,074	45	129
2012	12,829	44	132
2013	11,493	34	129
2014	9,887	60	136
2015	10,042	56	138
2016	8,900	61	138
2017	8,715	59	139
2018	8,212	60	139
2019	9,383	57	139
2020	3,188	96	137
2021		53	137
2022		49	138
2023		49	138
2024		51	138
2025		60	141