Girls' name · since 1950
Meredeth
103 babies named Meredeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 103
- total births
- 1950–1990
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
Meredeth is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 103 have been recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meredeth has been recorded 103 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1990.
- 103 total births
- 1950–1990 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meredeth's 103 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meredeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meredeth's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meredeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1990
- Peak year (1982)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Meredeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Meredeth's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Meredeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Meredeth's decade-level peak was the 1970s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1950–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meredeth: Baby Name Since 1950 - 103 Births, Peak 1982." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meredeth. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Meredeth 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 July 2026.