Unisex name · since 1890
Meddie
Meddie has 37 recorded births since 1890 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1890
- 1920s
- peak decade
37 girls have been named Meddie since 1890, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meddie has been recorded 37 times among girls since 1890, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 1929.
- #38,561 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1890
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meddie ranks #38,561 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1890, peaking in the 1920s.
- #38,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1890
- 1920s
- peak decade
Meddie's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meddie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meddie's full recorded timeline at 1922, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1890, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meddie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–1929
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Meddie popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1886 (Meddie as boys' name)
Meddie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (20 births, 54% of the file).
1920s was Meddie's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Meddie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 20 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Meddie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~39 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, 1890–1929 (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 Meddie 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.