Girls' name · since 1936
Meridel
Meridel has 38 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1942 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 38
- total births
- 1936–1947
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 79%
- born in that decade
Meridel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 38 have been recorded since 1936.
Social Security Administration records show Meridel recorded 38 times among girls since 1936, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1947.
- 38 total births
- 1936–1947 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 79% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meridel's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meridel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meridel splits its recorded history at 1943: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1943 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1942 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meridel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1947
- Peak year (1942)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Meridel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Meridel's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Meridel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s
1940s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 30 births (79% of all-time use).
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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, 1936–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meridel: Baby Name Since 1936 - 38 Births, Peak 1942." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meridel. 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 Meridel 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.