Meredith
Meredith is ranked 492nd among girls in 2024 (621 births). Its best rank was 140th, in 1980–1981.
- Rank in 2024
- #492up 17 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6210.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 19802,071 births
- Best rank
- #140first in 1980
- Since 1895
- 81,382people given the name
The story in the numbers
77,125 girls have been named Meredith in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 2,071 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 611 → 492).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 25%. It has spent 113 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 4,257 boys have also been given it, 5.2% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Meredith | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 85 | |
| 1910s | 464 | |
| 1920s | 892 | |
| 1930s | 1,300 | |
| 1940s | 2,901 | |
| 1950s | 2,889 | |
| 1960s | 3,927 | |
| 1970s | 15,839 | |
| 1980s | 19,204 | |
| 1990s | 12,778 | |
| 2000s | 8,889 | |
| 2010s | 5,146 | |
| 2020s | 2,805 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Meredith was the 140th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Meredith
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rachellpeak 1982
- Jacintapeak 1982
- Alisonpeak 1980
- Neishapeak 1980
- Carapeak 1985
- Aprylpeak 1981
- Coripeak 1977
- Holleypeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.