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Meredith
Pronounced /məˈɹɛdɪθ/
Rank in 2024
#490
Born in 2024
621
Peak year
1980 · #140
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 621 girls were named Meredith, about 1 in every 2,598.
- It peaked in 1980 with 2,071 babies, ranked #140.
- It first shows up in the records in 1895.
- 77,125 girls have been named Meredith since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Meredith per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.8Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,242 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 3,133 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,403 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen X: 20,585 babies, 0.81 per 1,000. Millennials: 26,553 babies, 0.94 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,633 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,565 babies, 0.32 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”).
- A male given name from Welsh.
- A female given name from Welsh; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith.
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- /məˈɹɛdɪθ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Meredith, CC BY-SA 4.0.