girls:
1.8k births since 1916
#4018 (30th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1927
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1916
#5990 (23rd percentile)
The name Merideth is the #5,990 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,761 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 22.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,018 (29.7% percentile) for all time with 1,755 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1927.
Merideth first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 1927 for boys). Birth data for Merideth is available in 84 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (83 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Merideth has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Merideth reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #687) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Merideth ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 9.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Merideth reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #538) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1927.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Merideth".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Merideth. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.8% confident that Merideth is pronounced as MEH-rih-dihth, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ruh-dihth, at 27.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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