Meaning not yet researched.
Meredith: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 656 in 2025. Its best rank was #140 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #140 in 1981; #469 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Meredith in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#469 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #140.
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Meredith: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 656 girls in 2025. Peak: #140 in 1981 · most girls in one year: 2,071 (1980).
In 2025, 656 US girls were named Meredith, making it the 469th most common girls’ name of the year, up 23 places from #492 in 2024. That is 33 more than the 623 girls named Meredith in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #140, reached in 1981. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,071, in 1980. For comparison, it was #590 in 2015 and #467 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Meredith in 132 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 5 babies. In all, 82,044 US babies have been given the name, 95% of them girls and 5.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 19,392 babies named Meredith.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,805 US girls were named Meredith; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 656. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,450 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Meredith ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #196 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Merry (10,369 babies since 1880), Meridith (2,684 babies since 1880) and Merideth (1,761 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Meredyth, Meredeth and Merridith are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Meredyth (605), Meredeth (103), Merridith (59), Merredith (50), Meradith (41), Meridyth (39), Meredythe (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Meredith in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 23 | #196 | #378 |
| Louisiana | 18 | #250 | #477 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #261 | #142 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #262 | — |
| Mississippi | 11 | #263 | #261 |
| Iowa | 12 | #295 | #323 |
| Indiana | 23 | #314 | #466 |
| Virginia | 27 | #316 | #471 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #325 | #255 |
| Tennessee | 24 | #344 | #476 |
| Maryland | 16 | #347 | — |
| North Carolina | 31 | #358 | #382 |
| Georgia | 31 | #361 | #720 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #375 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #382 | #774 |
| Ohio | 30 | #384 | #349 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #413 | #413 |
| Texas | 81 | #420 | #543 |
| Kansas | 8 | #434 | #325 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #450 | #965 |
| Michigan | 19 | #453 | #520 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #473 | #662 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #553 | #269 |
| Illinois | 18 | #561 | #1,592 |
| Washington | 12 | #567 | #1,061 |
| Nevada | 5 | #575 | — |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #598 | — |
| South Carolina | 8 | #601 | #451 |
| Oregon | 6 | #604 | — |
| Arizona | 11 | #616 | #1,051 |
| Florida | 26 | #669 | #1,160 |
| Colorado | 8 | #685 | #847 |
| California | 42 | #748 | #930 |
| New York | 20 | #819 | #875 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #821 | #911 |
| Missouri | 6 | #888 | #437 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 656 | #469 | — | — |
| 2024 | 623 | #492 | — | — |
| 2023 | 595 | #509 | — | — |
| 2022 | 557 | #549 | — | — |
| 2021 | 534 | #570 | — | — |
| 2020 | 499 | #585 | — | — |
| 2019 | 527 | #581 | — | — |
| 2018 | 598 | #524 | — | — |
| 2017 | 628 | #502 | — | — |
| 2016 | 588 | #530 | — | — |
| 2015 | 510 | #590 | — | — |
| 2014 | 477 | #610 | — | — |
| 2013 | 433 | #658 | — | — |
| 2012 | 423 | #669 | — | — |
| 2011 | 477 | #602 | 5 | #13,654 |
| 2010 | 486 | #604 | — | — |
| 2009 | 635 | #485 | — | — |
| 2008 | 710 | #445 | 7 | #10,648 |
| 2007 | 952 | #347 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,064 | #312 | — | — |
| 2005 | 853 | #367 | — | — |
| 2004 | 953 | #336 | 8 | #8,658 |
| 2003 | 840 | #363 | — | — |
| 2002 | 833 | #356 | — | — |
| 2001 | 957 | #324 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,092 | #293 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,140 | #275 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,111 | #280 | 5 | #10,731 |
| 1997 | 1,108 | #262 | 6 | #8,901 |
| 1996 | 1,182 | #237 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,244 | #226 | 7 | #7,528 |
| 1994 | 1,230 | #231 | 7 | #7,492 |
| 1993 | 1,252 | #223 | 5 | #9,670 |
| 1992 | 1,463 | #199 | 11 | #5,134 |
| 1991 | 1,494 | #200 | 15 | #3,953 |
| 1990 | 1,555 | #190 | 8 | #6,219 |
| 1989 | 1,698 | #168 | 17 | #3,401 |
| 1988 | 1,855 | #152 | 15 | #3,463 |
| 1987 | 1,815 | #148 | 18 | #2,912 |
| 1986 | 1,927 | #150 | 22 | #2,479 |
| 1985 | 1,959 | #149 | 17 | #2,908 |
| 1984 | 1,937 | #148 | 17 | #2,775 |
| 1983 | 1,941 | #148 | 17 | #2,752 |
| 1982 | 1,954 | #150 | 25 | #2,146 |
| 1981 | 2,047 | #140 | 24 | #2,175 |
| 1980 | 2,071 | #140 | 16 | #2,914 |
| 1979 | 1,962 | #143 | 26 | #2,028 |
| 1978 | 1,880 | #146 | 20 | #2,342 |
| 1977 | 1,765 | #154 | 22 | #2,182 |
| 1976 | 1,468 | #172 | 25 | #1,971 |
| 1975 | 1,428 | #181 | 33 | #1,584 |
| 1974 | 1,519 | #175 | 21 | #2,093 |
| 1973 | 1,523 | #178 | 21 | #2,014 |
| 1972 | 1,435 | #197 | 33 | #1,495 |
| 1971 | 1,508 | #197 | 33 | #1,508 |
| 1970 | 1,352 | #234 | 21 | #1,970 |
| 1969 | 1,092 | #266 | 27 | #1,592 |
| 1968 | 536 | #403 | 22 | #1,717 |
| 1967 | 355 | #502 | 32 | #1,356 |
| 1966 | 347 | #508 | 27 | #1,503 |
| 1965 | 345 | #512 | 33 | #1,353 |
| 1964 | 301 | #567 | 31 | #1,423 |
| 1963 | 188 | #752 | 24 | #1,645 |
| 1962 | 261 | #625 | 39 | #1,255 |
| 1961 | 255 | #638 | 32 | #1,424 |
| 1960 | 247 | #642 | 39 | #1,264 |
| 1959 | 259 | #618 | 31 | #1,430 |
| 1958 | 217 | #672 | 37 | #1,274 |
| 1957 | 236 | #641 | 40 | #1,240 |
| 1956 | 288 | #552 | 45 | #1,136 |
| 1955 | 300 | #532 | 35 | #1,289 |
| 1954 | 282 | #529 | 60 | #961 |
| 1953 | 329 | #472 | 67 | #882 |
| 1952 | 315 | #475 | 75 | #811 |
| 1951 | 359 | #441 | 64 | #878 |
| 1950 | 304 | #467 | 54 | #943 |
| 1949 | 290 | #475 | 58 | #909 |
| 1948 | 294 | #468 | 67 | #835 |
| 1947 | 346 | #442 | 93 | #714 |
| 1946 | 332 | #423 | 83 | #720 |
| 1945 | 309 | #404 | 59 | #815 |
| 1944 | 328 | #391 | 64 | #786 |
| 1943 | 327 | #405 | 81 | #718 |
| 1942 | 272 | #444 | 97 | #650 |
| 1941 | 231 | #457 | 104 | #582 |
| 1940 | 172 | #524 | 82 | #672 |
| 1939 | 194 | #481 | 53 | #841 |
| 1938 | 194 | #476 | 77 | #693 |
| 1937 | 152 | #541 | 53 | #841 |
| 1936 | 165 | #508 | 69 | #726 |
| 1935 | 129 | #563 | 64 | #775 |
| 1934 | 127 | #573 | 55 | #849 |
| 1933 | 85 | #708 | 50 | #882 |
| 1932 | 88 | #720 | 56 | #858 |
| 1931 | 72 | #803 | 69 | #748 |
| 1930 | 94 | #724 | 67 | #790 |
| 1929 | 99 | #705 | 64 | #810 |
| 1928 | 95 | #727 | 87 | #682 |
| 1927 | 93 | #743 | 77 | #746 |
| 1926 | 83 | #796 | 67 | #808 |
| 1925 | 91 | #778 | 83 | #713 |
| 1924 | 82 | #827 | 76 | #775 |
| 1923 | 81 | #818 | 71 | #789 |
| 1922 | 94 | #757 | 95 | #663 |
| 1921 | 99 | #736 | 101 | #638 |
| 1920 | 75 | #838 | 106 | #614 |
| 1919 | 66 | #865 | 77 | #728 |
| 1918 | 82 | #789 | 93 | #639 |
| 1917 | 63 | #872 | 74 | #710 |
| 1916 | 66 | #835 | 69 | #731 |
| 1915 | 49 | #952 | 87 | #618 |
| 1914 | 40 | #938 | 52 | #730 |
| 1913 | 38 | #862 | 43 | #703 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,204 | 34 | #746 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,155 | 16 | #850 |
| 1910 | 24 | #890 | 14 | #846 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,040 | 17 | #669 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,123 | 15 | #702 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,121 | 10 | #912 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,876 | 8 | #977 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,277 | 9 | #892 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,075 | 8 | #936 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,404 | 6 | #1,089 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,399 | 9 | #841 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #828 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,124 | 6 | #1,264 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,024 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,212 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,535 | 5 | #1,198 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #989 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #999 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).