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Meredith

Pronounced /məˈɹɛdɪθ/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1920 · #613
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for girls:621 in 2024 (#490)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Meredith in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1920 with 106 babies, ranked #613.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1883.
  • 4,257 boys 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.

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  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,325 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 1,251 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 974 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 412 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 225 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 31 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 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.