NameTides

Meadow

Meadow was the #286 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,078 babies), and #291 in England & Wales and #326 in Canada.

Meadow as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Meadow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Meadow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#286 (1,078)#291 (155)#272 (13)#290 (5)#213 (20)#326 (96)
2024#325 (953)#291 (153)#164 (25)#192 (9)#294 (14)#333 (92)
2023#350 (870)#304 (143)#250 (15)#159 (12)#279 (14)#390 (77)
2022#405 (776)#275 (165)#303 (11)#354 (4)#502 (7)#340 (87)
2021#499 (624)#348 (133)#304 (12)#446 (3)#586 (6)#433 (71)
2020#476 (646)#390 (111)#293 (12)#212 (8)#495 (7)#498 (59)
2019#497 (630)#402 (104)#560 (5)—#716 (4)#384 (84)
2018#512 (608)#378 (120)#376 (9)#434 (3)#734 (4)#591 (51)
2017#725 (394)#541 (80)#369 (9)#296 (5)#734 (4)#639 (47)
2016#687 (426)#495 (88)#798 (3)—#419 (10)#571 (54)
2015#673 (424)#512 (84)#416 (8)#426 (3)#431 (10)#569 (53)
2014#750 (374)#563 (75)#537 (6)#439 (3)#661 (5)#685 (42)
2013#979 (257)#733 (54)#449 (7)——#724 (39)
2012#951 (267)#738 (54)#580 (5)—#768 (4)#723 (39)
2011#887 (294)#804 (46)——#510 (8)#730 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #286.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Meadow is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Meadow by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #263WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #312ILMichigan: #235MINew York: #249NYMassachusetts: #183MAOregon: #131ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #225OHPennsylvania: #176PANew Jersey: #229NJConnecticut: #150CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #335CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #254CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #208MOKentucky: #364KYWest Virginia: #100WVVirginia: #345VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #427NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #206OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #353TXFlorida: #383FL
Meadow (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#29842
Quebec2025#7745

Meadow (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MeadowCanadaGirls#32696
MeadowEngland & WalesGirls#291155
MeadowIrelandGirls#21320
MeadowNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
MeadowScotlandGirls#27213
MeadowUSGirls#2861,078
MeadowUSBoys—too few