Girls' name · since 1975
Meridyth
39 babies named Meridyth in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 39
- total births
- 1975–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Meridyth is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 39 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meridyth has been recorded 39 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2009.
- 39 total births
- 1975–2009 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meridyth's 39 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.
Meridyth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meridyth's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meridyth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2009
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Meridyth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Meridyth's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Meridyth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (44% 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, 1975–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meridyth: Baby Name Since 1975 - 39 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meridyth. 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 Meridyth 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.