Girls' name · since 1970
Merridith
Merridith has 59 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 59
- total births
- 1970–1985
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 83%
- born in that decade
Merridith sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 59 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merridith has been recorded 59 times among girls since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1985.
- 59 total births
- 1970–1985 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 83% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merridith's 59 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merridith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Merridith's full recorded timeline at 1977, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Merridith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1985
- Peak year (1971)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Merridith by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Merridith's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Merridith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (83% of all-time use).
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- Merridith's decade-level peak was the 1970s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1970–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merridith: Baby Name Since 1970 - 59 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merridith. 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 Merridith 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.