# Meridith (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meridith/  
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 | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,684 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32 / 2,652 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 15 | 7,699 |
| 2005 | 20 | 6,174 |
| 2006 | 15 | 8,115 |
| 2007 | 15 | 8,397 |
| 2008 | 12 | 9,891 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,749 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,936 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,328 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,077 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,664 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,633 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,878 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,342 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,675 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 5 | 4,374 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,152 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,043 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,865 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,844 |
| 1951 | 5 | 4,070 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

## 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.