Meadow

What Meadow means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Meadow yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #673 in 2015, #286 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Meadow?

US: Rising: up from #673 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #512 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,078 girls got the name (#286 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 1,491 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,634 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,376 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (3.26 per 1,000 girls), WV (2.96 per 1,000 girls), ME (2.57 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Meadow is #286 in the US and #291 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Meadow were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Meadow

Girls

• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Arleth#269Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,793 in 2015, #269 in 2025
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025

For a brother

• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Meadow’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.