Meridith — girls' name

What the Data Says About Meridith

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,652 babies named Meridith between 1939 and 2021, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meridith currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meridith performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 888 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Meridith shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Meridith in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meridith 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 2,652 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.