first name
MEREDITH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 69,215 people named Meredith, 90.2% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% as two or more races. 97.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Meredith peaked in 1980, when 2,087 babies got the name.
At least 82,044 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Meredith by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #304. The largest share of babies named Meredith, 32.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Meredith is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Meredith has been most common in New Hampshire (2.3×), North Carolina (2.2×), and Massachusetts (1.9×), and least common in Nevada (0.17×).
74,488 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Meredith
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Meredith, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Meredith ranks #1,481 of 156,621, with 23,456 people. See Meredith as a last name
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