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Meredith

Gender
Girl
Say it
MER-e-dith
Origin
Welsh
UK rank, 2025
#776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#469 for girls

Meredith is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “possibly great lord”. In 2025 it ranked 776th for girls in the UK (51 babies) and 469th for girls in the US (656 babies).

What does Meredith mean?

Welsh: from Welsh Maredudd

“possibly great lord”

From the Welsh Maredudd, a medieval boys' name; it became mainly a girls' name in the 20th century.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Meredith a girl's or a boy's name?

Meredith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the UK and 656 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Meredith in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#776among girls
Babies in 2025
51about 1 in 5,500 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were named Meredith, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 576th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 96 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Meredith than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Meredith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 96 in 20172025
Meredith in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202551#776
202461#677
202357#690
202275#566
202183#539
202075#576
201977#574
201893#509
201796#503
201674#619
201575#619
201481#573
201364#686
201262#713
201164#681
201067#640
200962#652
200858#694
200759#655
200648#720
200520#1,280
200424#1,081
200334#843
200214#1,475
200128#891
200030#832
199935#738
199826#922
199748#606
199630#816

How popular is Meredith in the US?

Rank in 2025
#469among girls
Babies in 2025
656about 1 in 2,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 656 girls in the US were named Meredith, making it the 469th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 585th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 2,071 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Meredith than any year since 2008.

Half of all the girls named Meredith in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1909, 48% of the babies named Meredith in the US were girls. By 2011 it was 99%, with more girls than boys since 1923.

1895Busiest: 2,071 in 19802025
Meredith in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025656#469
2024623#491
2023595#509
2022557#549
2021534#570
2020499#585
2019527#579
2018598#523
2017628#499
2016588#529
2015510#589
2014477#609
2013433#658
2012423#669
2011477#601
2010486#604
2009635#484
2008710#445
2007952#346
20061,064#312
2005853#366
2004953#335
2003840#363
2002833#356
2001957#324
20001,092#292
19991,140#275
19981,111#280
19971,108#262
19961,182#237
19951,244#226
19941,230#230
19931,252#223
19921,463#199
19911,494#198
19901,555#190
19891,698#168
19881,855#152
19871,815#148
19861,927#150
19851,959#149
19841,937#148
19831,941#148
19821,954#150
19812,047#140
19802,071#140
19791,962#143
19781,880#146
19771,765#153
19761,468#172
19751,428#181
19741,519#175
19731,523#178
19721,435#197
19711,508#197
19701,352#234
19691,092#266
1968536#403
1967355#502
1966347#508
1965345#510
1964301#567
1963188#752
1962261#623
1961255#637
1960247#641
1959259#616
1958217#670
1957236#637
1956288#549
1955300#529
1954282#527
1953329#469
1952315#474
1951359#440
1950304#466
1949290#472
1948294#468
1947346#441
1946332#422
1945309#404
1944328#390
1943327#405
1942272#443
1941231#456
1940172#523
1939194#479
1938194#476
1937152#540
1936165#507
1935129#563
1934127#572
193385#703
193288#719
193172#797
193094#717
192999#704
192895#724
192793#739
192683#796
192591#773
192482#822
192381#811
192294#754
192199#736
192075#836
191966#858
191882#788
191763#866
191666#831
191549#944
191440#932
191338#852
191220#1,178
191116#1,113
191024#877
190916#1,015
190814#1,084
190713#1,092
19066#1,727
190510#1,237
19045#1,876
19038#1,318
19028#1,320
19010–
19005#1,931
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18956#1,426

Nicknames for Meredith

Names like Meredith

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria Athena Melody Margot Fatima Marnie Delilah Mia Elena Autumn Aurora Heidi

Names related to Meredith

Merideth Meridith Meredyth

More Welsh names

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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, “Meredith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meredith, updated 20 October 2026.