How Many People Are Named Meridith?
people named Meridith are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 138,206 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,684 babies named Meridith in Social Security records from 1917 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
104 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MEREDITH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Meridith in English. Counting Meridith and these spellings together, about 4,088 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Meridith (99.7%) were girls. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 95.7% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Meridith alive today is about 45 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Meridith first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1971, to 104 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Meridith has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,128, in 1971.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,128 (1971) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,286 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Meridith alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meridith were born in New York than in any other state: about 148 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Meridith was given 3.2 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in Texas and 1.9 times in Illinois.
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