Meridith
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464 · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #3,714
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 104 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,652since 1939
Meridith over time
Rank among girls' names. Meridith has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,968 | 61 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,657 | 66 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,565 | 71 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,445 | 83 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,351 | 93 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 100 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,299 | 93 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,429 | 78 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,244 | 90 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,481 | 69 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,169 | 96 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,220 | 87 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,169 | 92 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,125 | 104 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,330 | 79 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meridith! It came in at #3,429, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017–2018, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Meridith is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Massachusetts#467 · 1 in 4,369
- Indiana#651 · 1 in 6,981
- New Jersey#759 · 1 in 7,522
- New York#859 · 1 in 8,596
- Michigan#922 · 1 in 11,404
Best ever in a state: #427 in Alabama, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #467 | 7 | 1 in 4,369 |
| Indiana | #651 | 5 | 1 in 6,981 |
| New Jersey | #759 | 5 | 1 in 7,522 |
| New York | #859 | 12 | 1 in 8,596 |
| Michigan | #922 | 5 | 1 in 11,404 |
| Illinois | #1,137 | 5 | 1 in 13,943 |
| California | #1,282 | 9 | 1 in 15,180 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Meridith
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1971 at #1,125 (104 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,287 girls born in 1974 were named Meridith (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,125 in 1971, was only 1 in 15,998 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.5% of all girls named Meridith (888) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,429 |
| 1940s | 111 | #1,900 (1943) | #3,246 |
| 1950s | 144 | #2,253 (1950) | #3,087 |
| 1960s | 227 | #1,591 (1969) | #2,888 |
| 1970s | 888 | #1,125 (1971) | #1,274 |
| 1980s | 655 | #1,351 (1980) | #1,809 |
| 1990s | 357 | #2,201 (1990) | #3,372 |
| 2000s | 188 | #4,185 (2000) | #6,723 |
| 2010s | 69 | #7,804 (2012) | #11,770 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,464 (2021) | #13,464 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Meridith in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 15,287 of them was named Meridith, which outranked 88.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,165Ali97
- #1,165Harriet97
- #1,165Stephany97
- #1,169Meridith96
- #1,169Carina96
- #1,169Collette96
- #1,169Jeffrey96
- #1,176Alycia95
- #1,176Cami95
- #1,176Crissy95
Tied with 6 names at #1,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.