Meridith
#3,691 most common girls' name of all time · #6,315 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1917–2021
Rank among girls
#3,691
Rank overall
#6,315 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
2,684
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1971 #1,130
Best rank
#1,130 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 104/yr
Meridith first appears in 1917. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,619 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,587 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,997 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,651 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,045 |
| 2013 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,106 |
| 2012 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,340 |
| 2009 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,505 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,538 |
| 2007 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,149 |
| 2006 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,906 |
| 2005 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,029 |
| 2004 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,450 |
| 2003 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,965 |
| 2002 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,160 |
| 2001 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,713 |
| 2000 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,203 |
| 1999 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,341 |
| 1998 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,665 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,260 |
| 1996 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,372 |
| 1995 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,900 |
| 1994 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,559 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,839 |
| 1992 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,699 |
| 1991 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,053 |
| 1990 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,208 |
| 1989 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,346 |
| 1988 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,976 |
| 1987 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,027 |
| 1986 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,129 |
| 1985 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,057 |
| 1984 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,663 |
| 1983 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,571 |
| 1982 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,450 |
| 1981 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,586 |
| 1980 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,357 |
| 1979 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,278 |
| 1978 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,302 |
| 1977 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,435 |
| 1976 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,247 |
| 1975 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,488 |
| 1974 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,174 |
| 1973 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,222 |
| 1972 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,176 |
| 1971 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,130 |
| 1970 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,337 |
| 1969 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,601 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,572 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,136 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,087 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,880 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,792 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,892 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,204 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,644 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,584 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,439 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,835 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,217 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,599 |
| 1955 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,607 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,654 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,025 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,636 |
| 1951 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #3,388 |
| 1950 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,310 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,947 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,754 |
| 1947 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,255 |
| 1946 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #2,456 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,691 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,577 |
| 1943 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,939 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,632 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,783 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,164 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,669 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | — |