Meadow
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MED-oh
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #282 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #286 for girls
Meadow is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “grassy field”. In 2025 it ranked 282nd for girls in the UK (173 babies) and 286th for girls in the US (1,078 babies).
What does Meadow mean?
English
“grassy field”
From the English word for a grassy field, from Old English maed.
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Is Meadow a girl's or a boy's name?
Meadow is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 173 girls in the UK and 1,078 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meadow in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #282among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 173about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 173 girls in the UK were named Meadow, making it the 282nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 369th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 187 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meadow in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 291st in England and Wales, 272nd in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
Meadow in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 173 | #282 |
| 2024 | 187 | #275 |
| 2023 | 170 | #295 |
| 2022 | 180 | #279 |
| 2021 | 148 | #351 |
| 2020 | 131 | #369 |
| 2019 | 109 | #432 |
| 2018 | 132 | #375 |
| 2017 | 94 | #508 |
| 2016 | 91 | #517 |
| 2015 | 95 | #499 |
| 2014 | 84 | #561 |
| 2013 | 61 | #718 |
| 2012 | 59 | #742 |
| 2011 | 48 | #826 |
| 2010 | 53 | #753 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 49 | #773 |
| 2007 | 33 | #985 |
| 2006 | 39 | #834 |
| 2005 | 39 | #793 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 28 | #951 |
| 2002 | 21 | #1,121 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Meadow in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #286among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,078about 1 in 1,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,078 girls in the US were named Meadow, making it the 286th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 476th. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Meadow of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Meadow in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meadow in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,078 | #286 |
| 2024 | 953 | #325 |
| 2023 | 870 | #350 |
| 2022 | 776 | #405 |
| 2021 | 624 | #499 |
| 2020 | 646 | #476 |
| 2019 | 630 | #497 |
| 2018 | 608 | #512 |
| 2017 | 394 | #725 |
| 2016 | 426 | #687 |
| 2015 | 424 | #673 |
| 2014 | 374 | #750 |
| 2013 | 257 | #979 |
| 2012 | 267 | #951 |
| 2011 | 294 | #887 |
| 2010 | 304 | #873 |
| 2009 | 321 | #867 |
| 2008 | 325 | #855 |
| 2007 | 381 | #765 |
| 2006 | 342 | #797 |
| 2005 | 295 | #856 |
| 2004 | 339 | #767 |
| 2003 | 326 | #761 |
| 2002 | 269 | #856 |
| 2001 | 293 | #804 |
| 2000 | 134 | #1,385 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Names like Meadow
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow Esme Harper Riley Piper Eden Myla Aoife Mila Maeve Dua Harlow
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meadow: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meadow, updated 20 October 2026.