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Meredith

Means “great lord”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #589, 2016: #529, 2017: #499, 2018: #523, 2019: #579, 2020: #585, 2021: #570, 2022: #549, 2023: #509, 2024: #491, 2025: #4691 in 2,450 girls in the US, 2025#469 · rising · was #589 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #607, 2016: #630, 2017: #491, 2018: #523, 2019: #537, 2020: #571, 2021: #517, 2022: #550, 2023: #671, 2024: #638, 2025: #7631 in 5,277 girls in E&W, 2025#763 · falling · was #607 in 2015

Girl’s name · Celtic · /məˈɹɛdɪθ/

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What Meredith means

Means “great lord”

From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Meredith” (revision 94541610), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Meredith?

US 2025
#469
656 babies
▲ 22 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#763
48 babies
▼ 125 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#780
3 babies

US: Rising: up from #589 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #607 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (1980)

Biggest US share so far: 1980, when 2,071 girls got the name (#140 that year). First in the US records in 1895.

How common

  • About 1 in 2,450 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 5,277 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 5,964 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 WV (1.38 per 1,000 girls), NH (1.32 per 1,000 girls), AL (1.26 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Meredith is #469 in the US and #763 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#4696561 in 2,450#589
England & Wales#763481 in 5,277#607
Scotland#78031 in 5,964#509

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 Meredith were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20256560
England & Wales 2025480
US all years since 188077,7874,257
England & Wales since 19961,5753

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

How to say it

/məˈɹɛdɪθ/
/ˈmɛɹədɪθ/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Meredith

Girls

  • Jennifer#586Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1972, with 63,600 babies; 501 in 2025
  • Bridget#724Editor’s note Down from #534 in 2015 to #724 in 2025 in the US
  • Megan#887Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”
  • Sabrina#321Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1997, with 5,816 babies; 956 in 2025
  • Briana#661Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,000 babies; 431 in 2025
  • Morgan#312Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #121 in 2015, #312 in 2025

For a brother

  • Morgan#559Editor’s note Up from #671 in 2015 to #559 in 2025 in the US
  • Donald#690“prince / chief of the world”
  • Kenneth#294“handsome”
  • Marvin#699Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1928, with 4,452 babies; 385 in 2025
  • Brian#339Same root as Brendan, meaning “prince, king”
  • Roy#525“king”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Meredith’s. Rank is US 2025.

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