How Many People Are Named Meredith?
people named Meredith are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,692 people in the US has this name
Based on 82,044 babies named Meredith in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,087 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord". Since the mid-1920s it has been used more often for girls than for boys in English-speaking countries, though it is still a masculine name in Wales. A famous bearer of this name as surname was the English novelist and poet George Meredith (1828-1909).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Meredith, 97.9% were girls and 2.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Meredith rose from 47% in the 1900s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Meredith alive today is about 38 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Meredith first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1980, to 2,087 babies. In 2025, 656 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Meredith has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #140, in 1980 to 1981. In 2025 it ranked #469.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #469 |
| Best rank | #140 (1980 to 1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #153 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Meredith alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meredith were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,350 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Meredith was given 2.3 times as often in North Carolina, 2.2 times in New Hampshire and 2.2 times in Rhode Island.
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