Girls' name · since 1914
Meadow
Meadow has 12,343 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #286 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,343
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Meadow currently ranks #286 among girls' names in America, with 12,343 babies recorded since 1914.
Social Security Administration records show Meadow recorded 12,343 times among girls since 1914, holding rank #286 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #1,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #286 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,343 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meadow ranks #1,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #286 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,343 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #286 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,343
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Meadow's 12,343 recorded births place it above 97.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Meadow compares
12,343 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Meadow's all-time total is 33x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meadow | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,343 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,078 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meadow's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meadow's full recorded timeline at 1999, 97% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 3% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,078 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meadow popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,078
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Meadow popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 2022 (Meadow as boys' name)
Meadow by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,947 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Meadow's strongest decade.
4,947 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Meadow births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 169
1970s
169 births
- 1980s 74
1980s
74 births
- 1990s 138
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,025 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,978 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,947 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,947 births (40% of all-time use).
How Meadow compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Meadow's total volume
Meadow by state
Where Meadow concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,100 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 793 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 690 | 5.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 680 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 641 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 529 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 424 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 421 | 3.4% |
1,100 of 12,343 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Meadow appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Meadow's data
- California records the most Meadows (1,100 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meadow: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Meadow draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.