Skating Merit Badge History
Earned through 2020184,647
Best year19967,770 earned
All-time popularity#113official, as of 2020#115by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 1973. Peak year 1996 with 7,770. 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. "#115 of 141" means the badge was number 115 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.
1973997#109 of 122
19743,240#98 of 121
19754,748#82 of 128
19764,294#86 of 130
19774,107#82 of 130
19784,513#73 of 131
19793,244#76 of 132
19802,583#71 of 132
19814,282#66 of 134
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1992—
19935,059#66 of 123
1994—
1995—
19967,770#57 of 134
1997—
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1999—
20007,060#61 of 128
20015,857#66 of 129
20026,482#67 of 129
20035,575#71 of 130
20045,289#75 of 121
20053,841#89 of 121
20063,564#90 of 121
20072,920#97 of 121
20083,111#95 of 121
20093,360#97 of 122
20103,119#101 of 125
20113,208#98 of 129
20122,220#100 of 132
20132,406#85 of 129
20142,010#124 of 136
20151,972#125 of 138
20161,953#124 of 138
20171,785#127 of 139
20181,898#127 of 139
20191,979#126 of 139
20201,700#120 of 137
2021—#120 of 137
2022—#124 of 138
2023—#120 of 138
2024—#115 of 138
2025—#115 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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