Merideth
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- Last seen for boys in 1927 at #3,780
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 61 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,755since 1916
Merideth over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merideth has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,327 | 42 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,840 | 50 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,788 | 48 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,526 | 61 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,625 | 57 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Merideth! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merideth is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merideth in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Merideth
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1972 at #1,526 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,938
- Highest: 1 in 24,938 girls born in 1972 were named Merideth (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 28.1% of all girls named Merideth (494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,417 (1916) | #4,417 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,847 (1938) | #4,128 |
| 1940s | 106 | #2,318 (1946) | #3,115 |
| 1950s | 104 | #2,577 (1951) | #3,841 |
| 1960s | 116 | #2,296 (1969) | #4,078 |
| 1970s | 494 | #1,526 (1972) | #1,897 |
| 1980s | 381 | #2,283 (1985) | #2,598 |
| 1990s | 268 | #3,301 (1998) | #4,186 |
| 2000s | 197 | #4,209 (2001) | #6,886 |
| 2010s | 51 | #9,723 (2011) | #13,283 |
| 2020s | 17 | #13,453 (2020) | #14,074 |
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.
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