Quick answers about Meridith
How many people are named Meridith?
An estimated 2,350 living Americans are named Meridith.
How rare is Meridith?
Meridith fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Meridith?
The median age of a living American named Meridith is approximately 46 years, with most bearers falling between 36 and 53 years old.
Is Meridith still popular?
Not especially. Meridith has been declining since its 1971 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Meridith most common?
Meridith has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 1.6× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Meridith is most concentrated in New York — about 1.6× the national rate in the 1970s.
States where Meridith is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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