Meade — boys' name

What the Data Says About Meade

The Social Security Administration has registered 515 babies named Meade between 1913 and 2013, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meade currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meade performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Meade shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meade in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meade in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 515 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.