Meredith*
#439 most common girls' name of all time · #802 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1883–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#439
Rank overall
#802 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
82,044
Since 2016
5,805
Peak year
1980 #140
Best rank
#140 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 2,087/yr
Meredith first appears in 1883. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 656 | — | 656 | #469 |
| 2024 | 623 | — | 623 | #492 |
| 2023 | 595 | — | 595 | #509 |
| 2022 | 557 | — | 557 | #549 |
| 2021 | 534 | — | 534 | #570 |
| 2020 | 499 | — | 499 | #585 |
| 2019 | 527 | — | 527 | #579 |
| 2018 | 598 | — | 598 | #523 |
| 2017 | 628 | — | 628 | #500 |
| 2016 | 588 | — | 588 | #530 |
| 2015 | 510 | — | 510 | #590 |
| 2014 | 477 | — | 477 | #609 |
| 2013 | 433 | — | 433 | #658 |
| 2012 | 423 | — | 423 | #669 |
| 2011 | 477 | 5 | 482 | #601 |
| 2010 | 486 | — | 486 | #604 |
| 2009 | 635 | — | 635 | #484 |
| 2008 | 710 | 7 | 717 | #445 |
| 2007 | 952 | — | 952 | #347 |
| 2006 | 1,064 | — | 1,064 | #312 |
| 2005 | 853 | — | 853 | #367 |
| 2004 | 953 | 8 | 961 | #335 |
| 2003 | 840 | — | 840 | #363 |
| 2002 | 833 | — | 833 | #356 |
| 2001 | 957 | — | 957 | #324 |
| 2000 | 1,092 | — | 1,092 | #292 |
| 1999 | 1,140 | — | 1,140 | #275 |
| 1998 | 1,111 | 5 | 1,116 | #280 |
| 1997 | 1,108 | 6 | 1,114 | #262 |
| 1996 | 1,182 | — | 1,182 | #237 |
| 1995 | 1,244 | 7 | 1,251 | #226 |
| 1994 | 1,230 | 7 | 1,237 | #231 |
| 1993 | 1,252 | 5 | 1,257 | #223 |
| 1992 | 1,463 | 11 | 1,474 | #199 |
| 1991 | 1,494 | 15 | 1,509 | #198 |
| 1990 | 1,555 | 8 | 1,563 | #190 |
| 1989 | 1,698 | 17 | 1,715 | #168 |
| 1988 | 1,855 | 15 | 1,870 | #152 |
| 1987 | 1,815 | 18 | 1,833 | #148 |
| 1986 | 1,927 | 22 | 1,949 | #150 |
| 1985 | 1,959 | 17 | 1,976 | #149 |
| 1984 | 1,937 | 17 | 1,954 | #148 |
| 1983 | 1,941 | 17 | 1,958 | #148 |
| 1982 | 1,954 | 25 | 1,979 | #150 |
| 1981 | 2,047 | 24 | 2,071 | #140 |
| 1980 | 2,071 | 16 | 2,087 | #140 |
| 1979 | 1,962 | 26 | 1,988 | #143 |
| 1978 | 1,880 | 20 | 1,900 | #146 |
| 1977 | 1,765 | 22 | 1,787 | #154 |
| 1976 | 1,468 | 25 | 1,493 | #172 |
| 1975 | 1,428 | 33 | 1,461 | #181 |
| 1974 | 1,519 | 21 | 1,540 | #175 |
| 1973 | 1,523 | 21 | 1,544 | #178 |
| 1972 | 1,435 | 33 | 1,468 | #197 |
| 1971 | 1,508 | 33 | 1,541 | #197 |
| 1970 | 1,352 | 21 | 1,373 | #234 |
| 1969 | 1,092 | 27 | 1,119 | #266 |
| 1968 | 536 | 22 | 558 | #403 |
| 1967 | 355 | 32 | 387 | #502 |
| 1966 | 347 | 27 | 374 | #508 |
| 1965 | 345 | 33 | 378 | #510 |
| 1964 | 301 | 31 | 332 | #567 |
| 1963 | 188 | 24 | 212 | #752 |
| 1962 | 261 | 39 | 300 | #623 |
| 1961 | 255 | 32 | 287 | #637 |
| 1960 | 247 | 39 | 286 | #643 |
| 1959 | 259 | 31 | 290 | #617 |
| 1958 | 217 | 37 | 254 | #670 |
| 1957 | 236 | 40 | 276 | #639 |
| 1956 | 288 | 45 | 333 | #551 |
| 1955 | 300 | 35 | 335 | #531 |
| 1954 | 282 | 60 | 342 | #528 |
| 1953 | 329 | 67 | 396 | #471 |
| 1952 | 315 | 75 | 390 | #475 |
| 1951 | 359 | 64 | 423 | #441 |
| 1950 | 304 | 54 | 358 | #468 |
| 1949 | 290 | 58 | 348 | #473 |
| 1948 | 294 | 67 | 361 | #469 |
| 1947 | 346 | 93 | 439 | #441 |
| 1946 | 332 | 83 | 415 | #423 |
| 1945 | 309 | 59 | 368 | #404 |
| 1944 | 328 | 64 | 392 | #391 |
| 1943 | 327 | 81 | 408 | #405 |
| 1942 | 272 | 97 | 369 | #444 |
| 1941 | 231 | 104 | 335 | #457 |
| 1940 | 172 | 82 | 254 | #525 |
| 1939 | 194 | 53 | 247 | #481 |
| 1938 | 194 | 77 | 271 | #477 |
| 1937 | 152 | 53 | 205 | #541 |
| 1936 | 165 | 69 | 234 | #507 |
| 1935 | 129 | 64 | 193 | #563 |
| 1934 | 127 | 55 | 182 | #573 |
| 1933 | 85 | 50 | 135 | #707 |
| 1932 | 88 | 56 | 144 | #719 |
| 1931 | 72 | 69 | 141 | #799 |
| 1930 | 94 | 67 | 161 | #723 |
| 1929 | 99 | 64 | 163 | #704 |
| 1928 | 95 | 87 | 182 | #728 |
| 1927 | 93 | 77 | 170 | #743 |
| 1926 | 83 | 67 | 150 | #797 |
| 1925 | 91 | 83 | 174 | #775 |
| 1924 | 82 | 76 | 158 | #824 |
| 1923 | 81 | 71 | 152 | #816 |
| 1922 | 94 | 95 | 189 | #759 |
| 1921 | 99 | 101 | 200 | #736 |
| 1920 | 75 | 106 | 181 | #838 |
| 1919 | 66 | 77 | 143 | #868 |
| 1918 | 82 | 93 | 175 | #790 |
| 1917 | 63 | 74 | 137 | #873 |
| 1916 | 66 | 69 | 135 | #835 |
| 1915 | 49 | 87 | 136 | #948 |
| 1914 | 40 | 52 | 92 | #934 |
| 1913 | 38 | 43 | 81 | #861 |
| 1912 | 20 | 34 | 54 | #1,196 |
| 1911 | 16 | 16 | 32 | #1,139 |
| 1910 | 24 | 14 | 38 | #889 |
| 1909 | 16 | 17 | 33 | #1,036 |
| 1908 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #1,118 |
| 1906 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #1,797 |
| 1905 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #1,268 |
| 1904 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #1,949 |
| 1903 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #1,368 |
| 1902 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #1,367 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #1,989 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #1,479 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | — |