Merideth
Merideth 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
- 197261 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 1,755people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,755 girls have been named Merideth in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 61 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 61 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 28%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Merideth | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 16 | |
| 1940s | 106 | |
| 1950s | 104 | |
| 1960s | 116 | |
| 1970s | 494 | |
| 1980s | 381 | |
| 1990s | 268 | |
| 2000s | 197 | |
| 2010s | 51 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1972, its biggest year
Merideth was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1972 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Merideth
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Meridithpeak 1971
- Nikkipeak 1972
- Nikipeak 1972
- Nicolapeak 1972
- Deliciapeak 1971
- Jeniferpeak 1974
- Jenneferpeak 1972
- Demetriapeak 1974
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.