Meridith
Meridith is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1971104 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1939
- 2,652people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,652 girls have been named Meridith in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 104 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 104 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 33%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Meridith | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | |
| 1940s | 111 | |
| 1950s | 144 | |
| 1960s | 227 | |
| 1970s | 888 | |
| 1980s | 655 | |
| 1990s | 357 | |
| 2000s | 188 | |
| 2010s | 69 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Meridith was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Meridith
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jennifferpeak 1972
- Jenneferpeak 1972
- Laticiapeak 1971
- Janelpeak 1971
- Shannonpeak 1970
- Jeniferpeak 1974
- Tarapeak 1972
- Jenniferpeak 1972
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.