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.

Merideth

#4,862 most common girls' name of all time · #8,249 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1916–2023

Rank among girls
#4,862
Rank overall
#8,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,761
Since 2016
28
Peak year
1972 #1,532
Best rank
#1,532 1972
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
192019401960198020002020

Merideth first appears in 1916. 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
2023 6 — 6 #13,612
2022 5 — 5 #15,512
2020 6 — 6 #13,593
2018 5 — 5 #15,876
2017 6 — 6 #14,283
2015 7 — 7 #13,110
2014 5 — 5 #16,742
2012 7 — 7 #13,611
2011 11 — 11 #9,797
2010 10 — 10 #10,536
2009 9 — 9 #11,557
2008 12 — 12 #9,536
2007 10 — 10 #10,894
2006 17 — 17 #7,181
2005 23 — 23 #5,461
2004 24 — 24 #5,230
2003 18 — 18 #6,332
2002 29 — 29 #4,305
2001 29 — 29 #4,225
2000 26 — 26 #4,556
1999 30 — 30 #3,911
1998 37 — 37 #3,313
1997 32 — 32 #3,566
1996 27 — 27 #3,967
1995 26 — 26 #3,996
1994 27 — 27 #3,912
1993 25 — 25 #4,132
1992 30 — 30 #3,607
1991 23 — 23 #4,369
1990 11 — 11 #7,398
1989 32 — 32 #3,282
1988 43 — 43 #2,498
1987 36 — 36 #2,740
1986 29 — 29 #3,149
1985 44 — 44 #2,292
1984 36 — 36 #2,585
1983 39 — 39 #2,412
1982 42 — 42 #2,338
1981 38 — 38 #2,504
1980 42 — 42 #2,317
1979 58 — 58 #1,843
1978 45 — 45 #2,101
1977 61 — 61 #1,709
1976 50 — 50 #1,850
1975 29 — 29 #2,636
1974 42 — 42 #2,010
1973 48 — 48 #1,794
1972 61 — 61 #1,532
1971 57 — 57 #1,629
1970 43 — 43 #1,969
1969 31 — 31 #2,317
1968 12 — 12 #4,074
1967 12 — 12 #3,908
1966 13 — 13 #3,623
1965 10 — 10 #4,314
1964 12 — 12 #3,953
1963 5 — 5 #6,894
1962 12 — 12 #3,870
1961 9 — 9 #4,680
1959 10 — 10 #4,143
1958 7 — 7 #5,082
1957 12 — 12 #3,594
1956 6 — 6 #5,563
1955 13 — 13 #3,300
1954 8 — 8 #4,432
1953 10 — 10 #3,813
1952 8 — 8 #4,293
1951 16 — 16 #2,642
1950 14 — 14 #2,858
1949 14 — 14 #2,809
1948 13 — 13 #2,917
1947 12 — 12 #3,188
1946 17 — 17 #2,367
1945 10 — 10 #3,054
1944 10 — 10 #3,080
1943 9 — 9 #3,412
1942 9 — 9 #3,365
1941 7 — 7 #3,796
1940 5 — 5 #4,734
1939 5 — 5 #4,637
1938 6 — 6 #4,144
1934 5 — 5 #4,693
1927 — 6 6 —
1916 5 — 5 #5,062