Is Meredith a boy or girl name?
Meredith is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 621 girls and 0 boys were named Meredith, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 94.8% of the 81,382 US babies named Meredith were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #492
- Babies named Meredith since 1883
- 81,382
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 2,087 babies
Boys and girls named Meredith, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 28 | 6 | 17.6% |
| 1900s | 96 | 85 | 47% |
| 1910s | 559 | 464 | 45.4% |
| 1920s | 827 | 892 | 51.9% |
| 1930s | 613 | 1,300 | 68% |
| 1940s | 788 | 2,901 | 78.6% |
| 1950s | 508 | 2,889 | 85% |
| 1960s | 306 | 3,927 | 92.8% |
| 1970s | 255 | 15,839 | 98.4% |
| 1980s | 188 | 19,204 | 99% |
| 1990s | 64 | 12,778 | 99.5% |
| 2000s | 15 | 8,889 | 99.8% |
| 2010s | 5 | 5,146 | 99.9% |
| 2020s | 0 | 2,805 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 621 | #492 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 595 | #509 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 557 | #549 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 533 | #570 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 499 | #585 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 527 | #580 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 598 | #524 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 628 | #502 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 588 | #529 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 510 | #590 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 476 | #611 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 433 | #658 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 423 | #669 |
| 2011 | 5 | #13,654 | 477 | #602 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 486 | #604 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 635 | #484 |
| 2008 | 7 | #10,648 | 710 | #445 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 952 | #346 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 1,064 | #312 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 853 | #367 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,657 | 953 | #336 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 840 | #363 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 833 | #356 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 957 | #324 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 1,092 | #293 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 1,140 | #275 |
| 1998 | 5 | #10,731 | 1,111 | #280 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,901 | 1,107 | #262 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 1,181 | #237 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,527 | 1,244 | #226 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,493 | 1,230 | #231 |
| 1993 | 5 | #9,670 | 1,252 | #223 |
| 1992 | 11 | #5,136 | 1,463 | #199 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,953 | 1,494 | #200 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,219 | 1,556 | #190 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,402 | 1,698 | #168 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,463 | 1,855 | #152 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,912 | 1,815 | #148 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,479 | 1,927 | #150 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,908 | 1,959 | #149 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,775 | 1,937 | #148 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,753 | 1,941 | #148 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,146 | 1,954 | #150 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,176 | 2,047 | #140 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,914 | 2,071 | #140 |
| 1979 | 26 | #2,028 | 1,962 | #143 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,342 | 1,880 | #146 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,182 | 1,766 | #154 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,972 | 1,468 | #172 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,585 | 1,428 | #181 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,093 | 1,519 | #175 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,014 | 1,523 | #178 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,496 | 1,434 | #197 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,508 | 1,507 | #198 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,970 | 1,352 | #234 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,592 | 1,092 | #266 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,717 | 536 | #403 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,356 | 355 | #502 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,504 | 347 | #508 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,353 | 345 | #511 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,423 | 301 | #567 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,645 | 188 | #751 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,255 | 261 | #625 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,425 | 255 | #638 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,264 | 247 | #642 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,430 | 259 | #618 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,274 | 217 | #672 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,240 | 236 | #641 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,136 | 288 | #552 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,289 | 300 | #532 |
| 1954 | 60 | #961 | 282 | #529 |
| 1953 | 67 | #882 | 329 | #472 |
| 1952 | 75 | #811 | 315 | #475 |
| 1951 | 64 | #878 | 359 | #441 |
| 1950 | 54 | #943 | 304 | #467 |
| 1949 | 58 | #909 | 290 | #475 |
| 1948 | 67 | #835 | 294 | #468 |
| 1947 | 93 | #714 | 346 | #442 |
| 1946 | 83 | #720 | 332 | #423 |
| 1945 | 59 | #815 | 309 | #404 |
| 1944 | 64 | #786 | 328 | #391 |
| 1943 | 81 | #718 | 327 | #405 |
| 1942 | 97 | #650 | 272 | #444 |
| 1941 | 104 | #582 | 231 | #457 |
| 1940 | 82 | #672 | 172 | #524 |
| 1939 | 53 | #841 | 194 | #481 |
| 1938 | 77 | #693 | 194 | #476 |
| 1937 | 53 | #841 | 152 | #541 |
| 1936 | 69 | #726 | 165 | #508 |
| 1935 | 64 | #775 | 129 | #563 |
| 1934 | 55 | #849 | 127 | #573 |
| 1933 | 50 | #882 | 85 | #708 |
| 1932 | 56 | #858 | 88 | #720 |
| 1931 | 69 | #748 | 72 | #803 |
| 1930 | 67 | #790 | 94 | #724 |
| 1929 | 64 | #810 | 99 | #705 |
| 1928 | 87 | #682 | 95 | #727 |
| 1927 | 77 | #746 | 93 | #743 |
| 1926 | 67 | #808 | 83 | #796 |
| 1925 | 83 | #713 | 91 | #778 |
| 1924 | 76 | #775 | 82 | #827 |
| 1923 | 71 | #789 | 81 | #818 |
| 1922 | 95 | #663 | 94 | #757 |
| 1921 | 101 | #638 | 99 | #736 |
| 1920 | 106 | #614 | 75 | #838 |
| 1919 | 77 | #728 | 66 | #865 |
| 1918 | 93 | #639 | 82 | #789 |
| 1917 | 74 | #710 | 63 | #872 |
| 1916 | 69 | #731 | 66 | #835 |
| 1915 | 87 | #618 | 49 | #952 |
| 1914 | 52 | #730 | 40 | #938 |
| 1913 | 43 | #703 | 38 | #862 |
| 1912 | 34 | #746 | 20 | #1,204 |
| 1911 | 16 | #850 | 16 | #1,155 |
| 1910 | 14 | #846 | 24 | #890 |
| 1909 | 17 | #669 | 16 | #1,040 |
| 1908 | 15 | #702 | 14 | #1,123 |
| 1907 | 10 | #912 | 13 | #1,121 |
| 1906 | 8 | #977 | 6 | #1,876 |
| 1905 | 9 | #892 | 10 | #1,277 |
| 1904 | 8 | #936 | 5 | #2,075 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,089 | 8 | #1,404 |
| 1902 | 9 | #841 | 8 | #1,399 |
| 1901 | 8 | #828 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,264 | 5 | #2,124 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,024 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,212 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,198 | 6 | #1,535 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #989 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,036 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #999 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Meredith reached #582 in 1941. As a girl name, it reached #140 in 1980. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1980s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Meredith
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.