Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Meredeth

#24,661 most common girls' name of all time · #40,047 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1950–1990

Rank among girls
#24,661
Rank overall
#40,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
103
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1982 #5,055
Best rank
#5,055 1982
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
19601980

Meredeth first appears in 1950. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1990 5 — 5 #13,390
1989 8 — 8 #9,003
1985 6 — 6 #9,670
1982 14 — 14 #5,055
1981 6 — 6 #9,456
1979 9 — 9 #6,896
1978 6 — 6 #8,899
1976 6 — 6 #8,520
1975 9 — 9 #6,189
1974 6 — 6 #8,043
1972 5 — 5 #8,742
1970 8 — 8 #6,091
1969 5 — 5 #7,948
1968 5 — 5 #7,550
1950 5 — 5 #6,050