Merideth
Merideth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Peter Merideth, American politician Sonny Merideth (1930–2017), American lawyer and politician
- English
Meaning & Origin of Merideth
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Merideth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Peter Merideth, American politician Sonny Merideth (1930–2017), American lawyer and politician
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Merideth
Merideth first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1916, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 61 births, good for #1,526 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Merideths. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Merideths have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Merideth
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About the name Merideth
Merideth is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Merideth's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #1,526. Use the chart and map above to compare Merideth's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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