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Meredith

Girl's name · #469 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Meredith's best rank, #140, came in 1980; it has settled back to #469 today. Roughly 78,000 girls have been named Meredith since 1895.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#120 in Ecuador (2025) · #181 in Mexico (2024) · #723 in Canada (2025) · #763 in England & Wales (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) · #2,067 in Italy (2024) · #6,004 in France (2025) · #898 in Ireland (2024) · #2,228 in Sweden (2024) · #153 in Puerto Rico (2023) · #333 in N. Ireland (2020) · #3,184 in Austria (2018) and 2 more.

Famous Merediths

• Meredith Baxter — American actress and producer (born 1947)
• Meredith Hagner — American actress (born 1987)
• Meredith Salenger — American actress (born 1970)
• Meredith Monroe — American actress (born 1969)
• Meredith Vieira — American broadcast journalist and television personality (born 1953)

In stories & tradition

• Meredith Grey — Fictional character in TV series Grey's Anatomy
• Meredith Gordon^it — Heroes (TV series)

What Merediths become

Among 312 notable people named Meredith:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.43× more often than among typical names — e.g. Meredith Jung-En Woo, American political scientist (born 1958).

Similar names: Kara · Mercedes · Casey · Bridget · Megan · Melissa

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