Meridian — #9802 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Meridian

The Social Security Administration has registered 390 babies named Meridian between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meridian currently holds the #9802 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meridian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meridian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meridian in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meridian in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 390 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.