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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Meridith

Meridith was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1128th with 104 babies. More babies were named Meridith in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Meredith) great lord (Welsh) · Welsh

Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1971104 babies
Total since 1880
2,684babies recorded

What does the name Meridith mean?

Meridith is a spelling of Meredith, pronounced the same way, so it shares Meredith's meaning and origin.

Meredith is the Welsh name Maredudd. DMNES derives it from Middle Welsh mawr, "great", and iud, "lord, prince", and lists several Welsh princes of the 10th to 12th centuries; Wiktionary gives "great lord". It was a man's name in Wales and remains so there, but in the US it has been mainly a girl's name since the 20th century. Its link with Mary and Edith is mistaken.

mawr (Middle Welsh, “great”)iud (Middle Welsh / Old Breton, “lord, prince”)

How sure is this? Probable. DMNES and Wiktionary agree; Harrison (1918) gave a different, tentative reading.

Other explanations you may read: Mary + Edith.

Related names: Maredudd, Merry, Meridith.

See also: Welsh names, names that mean king or queen.

Sources for this meaning

Meridith popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 32 since 1917.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#11,9369
2000#4,25529
1990#2,22058
1980#1,35693
1970#1,33979
1960#4,6639
1950#2,31519
1940#4,1966
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Meridith, counting every spelling?

Meridith is a spelling of Meredith, a name family that ranked #485 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together. Together these spellings went to 656 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Meredith656#4692,965

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Meridith?

About 2,500 people born in the US named Meridith are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 37 and 54. That makes Meridith mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Meridith by state

How common Meridith was among girls born in each state in 1969–1973, around its peak. In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIL0.05Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNY0.08Massachusetts: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMA0.07Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCT0.06Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOK0.06Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesGA0.10Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Meridith, girls, 1969–1973. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Meridith: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Meridith, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Meridith

What does Meridith mean?

Meridith is a spelling of Meredith, which means “great lord (Welsh)” (Welsh origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Meridith?

Meridith was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1128th with 104 babies. More babies were named Meridith in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Meridith a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Meridith in the US.

Where was Meridith most popular?

In 1969–1973, Meridith was most common in Georgia (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Massachusetts.