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Meredith

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95% girls / 5% boys

Origin of the name

Meredith comes from the Welsh name Maredudd.

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Classic name

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1980 was its best year: 2,071 births, or 1 baby in 1,663. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 126 years out of 146. In 2025, it ranked No. 469.
77,787births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 140rank at its peak, in 1980

Where babies named Meredith are born

1980

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The darker the blue, the more common Meredith is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Meredith is most common in New Hampshire (2.3 times), North Carolina (2.2) and Massachusetts (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s18%82%
1900s47%53%
1910s45%55%
1920s52%48%
1930s68%32%
1940s79%21%
1950s85%15%
1960s93%7%
1970s98%2%
1980s99%1%
1990s100%0%
2000s100%0%
2010s100%0%
2020s100%0%