Merredith — girls' name
50 babies named Merredith in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
50 girls have been named Merredith since 1957, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1982.
- 50
- total births
- 1957–1982
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Merredith was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Merredith in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Merredith
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Merredith between 1957 and 1982, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merredith currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Merredith performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Merredith shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Merredith 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 50 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.
Merredith at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Merredith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1957
- Peak year (1975)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
50 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 9 births in a single year.
Merredith by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 21 births that decade — 42% of Merredith's all-time total
Merredith decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Merredith's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.