# Meadow (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meadow/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,355 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 12,343 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,874, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 294 | 890 |
| 2012 | 267 | 952 |
| 2013 | 257 | 979 |
| 2014 | 374 | 751 |
| 2015 | 424 | 673 |
| 2016 | 426 | 687 |
| 2017 | 394 | 725 |
| 2018 | 608 | 514 |
| 2019 | 630 | 498 |
| 2020 | 646 | 476 |
| 2021 | 624 | 499 |
| 2022 | 776 | 405 |
| 2023 | 870 | 351 |
| 2024 | 953 | 325 |
| 2025 | 1,078 | 286 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 11,803 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,770 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 804 |
| 2012 | 54 | 738 |
| 2013 | 54 | 733 |
| 2014 | 75 | 563 |
| 2015 | 84 | 512 |
| 2016 | 88 | 495 |
| 2017 | 80 | 541 |
| 2018 | 120 | 378 |
| 2019 | 104 | 402 |
| 2020 | 111 | 390 |
| 2021 | 133 | 348 |
| 2022 | 165 | 275 |
| 2023 | 143 | 304 |
| 2024 | 153 | 291 |
| 2025 | 155 | 291 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.