Meridith Popularity by Year
Follow Meridith across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Meridith birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Girls | 6 | #13,464 | Down 1,016 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 7 | #12,448 | Up 428 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 7 | #12,876 | Up 1,606 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 6 | #14,482 | Down 3,527 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 9 | #10,955 | Up 45 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 9 | #11,000 | Down 3,196 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 15 | #7,804 | Up 5,543 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 7 | #13,347 | Down 2,101 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 9 | #11,246 | Down 2,792 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 14 | #8,454 | Up 1,022 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 12 | #9,476 | Down 1,378 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 15 | #8,098 | Down 230 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 15 | #7,868 | Down 1,869 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 20 | #5,999 | Up 1,392 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 15 | #7,391 | Down 2,448 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 25 | #4,943 | Up 1,186 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 18 | #6,129 | Down 1,441 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 25 | #4,688 | Down 503 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 29 | #4,185 | Up 128 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 26 | #4,313 | Down 665 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 32 | #3,648 | Up 591 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 25 | #4,239 | Down 878 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 34 | #3,361 | Up 517 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 27 | #3,878 | Down 342 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 31 | #3,536 | Down 711 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 42 | #2,825 | Down 138 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 45 | #2,687 | Up 349 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 37 | #3,036 | Down 835 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 58 | #2,201 | Up 137 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 50 | #2,338 | Down 370 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 61 | #1,968 | Up 56 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 55 | #2,024 | Up 92 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 50 | #2,116 | Down 68 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 52 | #2,048 | Down 391 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 66 | #1,657 | Down 92 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 71 | #1,565 | Down 120 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 83 | #1,445 | Up 135 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 74 | #1,580 | Down 229 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 93 | #1,351 | Down 81 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 100 | #1,270 | Up 29 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 93 | #1,299 | Up 130 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 78 | #1,429 | Down 185 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 90 | #1,244 | Up 237 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 69 | #1,481 | Down 312 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 96 | #1,169 | Up 51 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 87 | #1,220 | Down 51 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 92 | #1,169 | Down 44 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 104 | #1,125 | Up 205 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 79 | #1,330 | Up 261 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 56 | #1,591 | Up 947 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 24 | #2,538 | Down 421 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 31 | #2,117 | Up 923 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 17 | #3,040 | Down 207 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 19 | #2,833 | Down 81 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 21 | #2,752 | Up 1,049 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 12 | #3,801 | Down 640 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 16 | #3,161 | Down 553 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 22 | #2,608 | Up 1,829 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 9 | #4,437 | Down 137 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 9 | #4,300 | Down 553 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 11 | #3,747 | Down 597 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 14 | #3,150 | Up 343 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 12 | #3,493 | Down 940 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 19 | #2,553 | Up 39 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 18 | #2,592 | Up 329 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 14 | #2,921 | Down 340 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 17 | #2,581 | Up 703 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 5 | #3,714 | Down 189 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 11 | #3,284 | Down 1,031 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 19 | #2,253 | Up 2,420 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 6 | #4,673 | Down 1,080 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 9 | #3,593 | Down 1,393 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 20 | #2,200 | Up 192 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Up 9 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 16 | #2,392 | Up 206 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 12 | #2,598 | Up 780 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 8 | #3,378 | Down 1,478 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 21 | #1,900 | Up 1,544 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 8 | #3,444 | Up 976 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 5 | #4,420 | Down 557 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 6 | #3,863 | Down 434 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 7 | #3,429 | — |
| 1938 | Boys | 5 | #3,534 | Up 246 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 6 | #3,780 | Up 92 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 6 | #3,872 | Up 109 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 5 | #3,981 | — |