Textile Merit Badge History

Earned through 2020157,902

Best year20124,681 earned

All-time popularity#123official, as of 2020#130by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1924. Peak year 2012 with 4,681. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

1911No data available

1912No data available

1913No data available

1914No data available

1915No data available

1916No data available

1917No data available

1918No data available

1919No data available

1920No data available

1921No data available

1922No data available

1923No data available

1924100 earned#60 of 64

1925303 earned#52 of 64

19261,281 earned#39 of 65

19271,548 earned#40 of 68

19284,006 earned#34 of 88

19291,423 earned#56 of 89

19301,362 earned#59 of 92

19311,287 earned#66 of 96

19321,138 earned#65 of 98

19331,142 earned#67 of 101

1934935 earned#67 of 101

19351,203 earned#74 of 101

1936680 earned#76 of 101

1937682 earned#83 of 102

1938816 earned#77 of 105

1939838 earned#78 of 106

1940868 earned#75 of 106

1941667 earned#83 of 106

1942595 earned#83 of 110

1943675 earned#84 of 112

1944816 earned#86 of 111

1945824 earned#83 of 111

1946651 earned#86 of 111

1947505 earned#91 of 111

1948465 earned#90 of 111

1949503 earned#91 of 111

1950517 earned#96 of 111

1951678 earned#93 of 111

1952590 earned#105 of 120

1953538 earned#94 of 105

1954492 earned#97 of 103

1955523 earned#96 of 100

1956457 earned#98 of 100

1957657 earned#95 of 100

1958642 earned#97 of 101

1959756 earned#96 of 101

1960682 earned#97 of 100

1961612 earned#98 of 101

1962710 earned#97 of 101

1963711 earned#98 of 102

1964672 earned#101 of 107

1965552 earned#102 of 109

1966532 earned#107 of 110

1967634 earned#105 of 112

19681,248 earned#100 of 112

1969702 earned#108 of 113

1970766 earned#109 of 113

1971665 earned#109 of 113

19721,787 earned#99 of 124

19731,712 earned#99 of 122

19743,802 earned#90 of 121

19752,990 earned#100 of 128

19762,469 earned#104 of 130

19771,892 earned#110 of 130

19781,281 earned#115 of 131

19791,399 earned#102 of 132

19801,028 earned#94 of 132

19811,684 earned#92 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

19932,441 earned#89 of 123

1994No data available

1995No data available

19961,428 earned#107 of 134

1997No data available

1998No data available

1999No data available

20002,510 earned#97 of 128

20012,609 earned#97 of 129

20023,771 earned#91 of 129

20033,434 earned#93 of 130

20043,484 earned#95 of 121

20054,173 earned#86 of 121

20063,502 earned#92 of 121

20073,677 earned#88 of 121

20082,893 earned#97 of 121

20092,641 earned#103 of 122

20102,232 earned#109 of 125

20113,657 earned#91 of 129

20124,681 earned#74 of 132

20134,673 earned#63 of 129

20143,694 earned#103 of 136

20153,225 earned#111 of 138

20162,480 earned#117 of 138

20172,205 earned#122 of 139

20182,530 earned#119 of 139

20192,523 earned#119 of 139

20201,929 earned#115 of 137

2021No data available#110 of 137

2022No data available#105 of 138

2023No data available#105 of 138

2024No data available#103 of 138

2025No data available#99 of 141

Known count No data available

"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#99 of 141" means the badge was number 99 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.

1911—

1912—

1913—

1914—

1915—

1916—

1917—

1918—

1919—

1920—

1921—

1922—

1923—

1924100#60 of 64

1925303#52 of 64

19261,281#39 of 65

19271,548#40 of 68

19284,006#34 of 88

19291,423#56 of 89

19301,362#59 of 92

19311,287#66 of 96

19321,138#65 of 98

19331,142#67 of 101

1934935#67 of 101

19351,203#74 of 101

1936680#76 of 101

1937682#83 of 102

1938816#77 of 105

1939838#78 of 106

1940868#75 of 106

1941667#83 of 106

1942595#83 of 110

1943675#84 of 112

1944816#86 of 111

1945824#83 of 111

1946651#86 of 111

1947505#91 of 111

1948465#90 of 111

1949503#91 of 111

1950517#96 of 111

1951678#93 of 111

1952590#105 of 120

1953538#94 of 105

1954492#97 of 103

1955523#96 of 100

1956457#98 of 100

1957657#95 of 100

1958642#97 of 101

1959756#96 of 101

1960682#97 of 100

1961612#98 of 101

1962710#97 of 101

1963711#98 of 102

1964672#101 of 107

1965552#102 of 109

1966532#107 of 110

1967634#105 of 112

19681,248#100 of 112

1969702#108 of 113

1970766#109 of 113

1971665#109 of 113

19721,787#99 of 124

19731,712#99 of 122

19743,802#90 of 121

19752,990#100 of 128

19762,469#104 of 130

19771,892#110 of 130

19781,281#115 of 131

19791,399#102 of 132

19801,028#94 of 132

19811,684#92 of 134

1982—

1983—

1984—

1985—

1986—

1987—

1988—

1989—

1990—

1991—

1992—

19932,441#89 of 123

1994—

1995—

19961,428#107 of 134

1997—

1998—

1999—

20002,510#97 of 128

20012,609#97 of 129

20023,771#91 of 129

20033,434#93 of 130

20043,484#95 of 121

20054,173#86 of 121

20063,502#92 of 121

20073,677#88 of 121

20082,893#97 of 121

20092,641#103 of 122

20102,232#109 of 125

20113,657#91 of 129

20124,681#74 of 132

20134,673#63 of 129

20143,694#103 of 136

20153,225#111 of 138

20162,480#117 of 138

20172,205#122 of 139

20182,530#119 of 139

20192,523#119 of 139

20201,929#115 of 137

2021—#110 of 137

2022—#105 of 138

2023—#105 of 138

2024—#103 of 138

2025—#99 of 141

Grand total through 2020:

This page keeps growing. More of this badge's history, including its patches and pamphlets, is being checked and will be added once it is confirmed.

Textile: workbook data

Printings (70)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	SKU	HC	Notes
x	1925		3A	back-3		1925	3743				textiles
	1926	not made
x	1927		3A	back-3		1927	3743				textiles
x	1928		3B	back-3		1928	3743				textiles
	1929	not made
c	1930	February	3B	back-3			3743				textiles
x	1930	November	3B	back-3		1930	3743				textiles
c	1931	October	3B	back-3		1930	3743				textiles
	1932	not made
c	1933	October	3B	back-3	1M	1930	3743				textiles
x	1934	April	3B	back-3	1M	1930	3743				textiles
x	1935	October	3B	back-3	1M	1930	3743				textiles
	1936	not made
c	1937	May	3C	back-3	1M	1930	3743				textiles
	1938	not made
x	1939	February	3C	back-3	1M	1930	3743				textiles
x	1940	November	3B	back-3	1M	1930	3743				textiles
x	1940	November	3C	back-3	1M	1930	3743				textiles
	1941	not made
x	1942	April	4	back-4	1M	1942	3743				textiles
	1943	not made
x	1944	March	4	back-4	2M	1942	3743				textiles
x	1944	March	5A	back-5a	2M	1942	3743			HCC	textiles
x	1945	June	5B-1	back-5blank	2M	1942	3743				textiles
	1946	June	5B-1	back-5blank		1942	3743				textiles
x	1947	July	5B-1	back-5blank	1M	1942	3743				textiles
c	1948	December	5B-1		1M	1942	3743				textiles
	1949	not made
c	1950	April	5B		1M	1942	3743			HCH	textiles
x	1951	September	5B-2	back-6a	1M	1942	3743				textiles
	1952	July	5B		1M						textiles
x	1953	December	6	back-6b-2	1M	1953	3743				textiles
x	1954	June	6	back-6b-2	1M	1953	3743				textiles
x	1954	December	6	back-6b-2	2M	1953	3743			HCJV1	textiles
	1955	not made
x	1956	March	6	back-6b-2	2M	1953	3743				textiles
x	1957	February	6	back-6b-2	2M	1953	3743			HCJV1	textiles
x	1958	February	6	back-6c-1	2M	1953	3743				textiles
x	1959	July	6	back-6c-2	2M	1953	3743				textiles
x	1960	June	6	back-6d	2M	1953	3743			HCJV2	textiles
x	1961	July	6	back-6e	1.8M	1953	3743				textiles
c	1962	September	6		1.7M	1953	3743			HCJV2	textiles
x	1963	December	6	back-6g	1.7M	1953	3743				textiles
x	1964	September	6	back-6h	1.7M	1953	3743			HCK, HCP	textiles
x	1965	August	6	back-6h	2M	1953	3743				textiles
	1966	not made
x	1967	January	7A-1	back-7	2M	1953	3344			HCL	textiles
x	1968	March	7A-1	back-7	2M	1953	3344				textiles
x	1969	April	7A-1	back-7	2M	1953	3344				textiles
x	1970	August	7A-2	back-7	2M	1953	3344
	1971	not made
x	1972	December	8A-1	back-8a-2	10M	1972	3344			HCSV1	textile
x	1973	January	8A-1	back-8a-2	10M	1972	3344			HCSV2, HCT	textile
	1974	not made
x	1975	April	8A-1	back-8b	3.6M	1972	3344				textile
	1976	not made
x	1977	April	8A-2	back-8c-2	2M	1972	3344				textiles
	1978	not made
x	1979	January	8A-2	back-8d	1.4M	1972	3344				textiles
x	1980	March	9A-1	back-9a	1.2M	1972	3344				textile
x	1981	September	9A-1	back-9a	2M	1972	3344				textile
	1982	not made
x	1983	December	9A-1	back-9a	1M	1972	3344				textile
x	1984	December	9A-1	back-9b-2	1.5M	1972	3344				textile
x	1985	November	9A-1	back-9b-2	1.5M	1972	3344				textile
	1986	not made
x	1987	January	9A-1	back-9b-2	2M	1972	3344				textile
x	1988	January	9A-1	back-9b-2	2M	1972	3344				textile
	1989	not made
x	1990	August	9A-1	back-9c-1	2M	1972	3344				textile
	1991	not made
	1992	not made
x	1993	March	9A-1	back-9c-2	2M	1991	33344	730176333441			textile
	1994	not made
x	1995	May	9A-2	back-9d	1M	1972	33344	730176333441			textile
	1996	not made
	1997	not made
x	1998		9A-2	back-9e		1972	33344	730176333441			textile
x	1999		9A-2	back-9f		1972	33344	730176333441			textile
x	2000		9A-2	back-9f		1972	33344	730176333441			textile
	2001	not made
	2002	not made
x	2003		9B	back-9g		2003	33344A	730176333441			textile
x	2004		9B	back-9g		2003	33344A	730176333441			textile
x	2005		9B	back-9g		2003	33344A	730176333441			textile
x	2006		9B	back-9g		2003	33344A	730176333441			textile
	2007	not made
x	2008		10A	back-1008b1		2003	35958	730176359588			textile
	2009	not made
x	2010		10C	back-1010b1		2003	35958	730176359588			textile
	2011	not made
	2012	not made
	2013	not made
x	2014		10C	back-1013b1		2014	35958	730176359588			textile
x	2015		10D	back-1016b1		2014	35958	730176359588			textile
	2016	not made
	2017	not made
x	2018		10D	back-1019b1		2014	35958	730176359588
x	2019		10D	back-1019b1		2014	35958	730176350769	650746
	2020	not made
	2021	not made
	2022	not made
x	2023		10D	back-1019b1		2014	35958	730176350769	650746
	2024	not made
	2025	not made
	2026		11A	back-1125		2026	35958	730176350769	650746

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924	100	60	64
1925	303	52	64
1926	1,281	39	65
1927	1,548	40	68
1928	4,006	34	88
1929	1,423	56	89
1930	1,362	59	92
1931	1,287	66	96
1932	1,138	65	98
1933	1,142	67	101
1934	935	67	101
1935	1,203	74	101
1936	680	76	101
1937	682	83	102
1938	816	77	105
1939	838	78	106
1940	868	75	106
1941	667	83	106
1942	595	83	110
1943	675	84	112
1944	816	86	111
1945	824	83	111
1946	651	86	111
1947	505	91	111
1948	465	90	111
1949	503	91	111
1950	517	96	111
1951	678	93	111
1952	590	105	120
1953	538	94	105
1954	492	97	103
1955	523	96	100
1956	457	98	100
1957	657	95	100
1958	642	97	101
1959	756	96	101
1960	682	97	100
1961	612	98	101
1962	710	97	101
1963	711	98	102
1964	672	101	107
1965	552	102	109
1966	532	107	110
1967	634	105	112
1968	1,248	100	112
1969	702	108	113
1970	766	109	113
1971	665	109	113
1972	1,787	99	124
1973	1,712	99	122
1974	3,802	90	121
1975	2,990	100	128
1976	2,469	104	130
1977	1,892	110	130
1978	1,281	115	131
1979	1,399	102	132
1980	1,028	94	132
1981	1,684	92	134
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	2,441	89	123
1994
1995
1996	1,428	107	134
1997
1998
1999
2000	2,510	97	128
2001	2,609	97	129
2002	3,771	91	129
2003	3,434	93	130
2004	3,484	95	121
2005	4,173	86	121
2006	3,502	92	121
2007	3,677	88	121
2008	2,893	97	121
2009	2,641	103	122
2010	2,232	109	125
2011	3,657	91	129
2012	4,681	74	132
2013	4,673	63	129
2014	3,694	103	136
2015	3,225	111	138
2016	2,480	117	138
2017	2,205	122	139
2018	2,530	119	139
2019	2,523	119	139
2020	1,929	115	137
2021		110	137
2022		105	138
2023		105	138
2024		103	138
2025		99	141