Snow Sports Merit Badge History
Earned through 2020216,278
Best year200313,559 earned
All-time popularity#104official, as of 2020#71by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 1999. Peak year 2003 with 13,559. 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. "#71 of 141" means the badge was number 71 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.
19995,132
200012,716#47 of 128
200113,277#44 of 129
200213,088#48 of 129
200313,559#46 of 130
200413,041#47 of 121
200511,734#47 of 121
200611,423#47 of 121
200710,671#49 of 121
200810,443#48 of 121
200911,326#49 of 122
201011,394#48 of 125
201110,586#51 of 129
20128,636#56 of 132
20139,134#43 of 129
20148,227#65 of 136
20157,251#70 of 138
20167,177#70 of 138
20177,267#67 of 139
20186,961#70 of 139
20197,375#63 of 139
20205,860#57 of 137
2021—#78 of 137
2022—#68 of 138
2023—#67 of 138
2024—#74 of 138
2025—#71 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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