Girls' name · since 1941
Meridee
Since 1941, U.S. Social Security records show 165 babies named Meridee, peaking in 1941. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1941
- 1950s
- peak decade
Meridee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 165 recorded since 1941.
Meridee has 165 recorded births among girls since 1941, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 1982.
- #21,786 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 165 born since 1941
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meridee ranks #21,786 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 165 born since 1941, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1941
- 1950s
- peak decade
Meridee's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meridee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meridee splits its recorded history at 1958: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1953 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1941 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meridee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1982
- Peak year (1941)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Meridee by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (53 births, 32% of the file).
1950s was Meridee's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Meridee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
40 births
- 1950s
1950s
53 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 53 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Meridee's decade-level peak was the 1950s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Meridee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1941)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1941–1982 (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 Meridee 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.