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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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