as a First Name
From an Old Welsh male personal name. In recent years the name has been given to girls, especially in the United States, a choice possibly influenced by the female character so named in Enid Bagnold's novel National Velvet (1935), which was made into a film (1944).
| 623rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 62,289
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 66,855
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Meredith per capita
- 1980
- marked the height of its popularity
99.26%
0.74%
7%
55+
55+
39%
30-54
30-54
31%
13-29
13-29
23%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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