Meadow
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Meaning
meadow, grassland
The story
Meadow is the field itself: the flower names get the bouquet, and Meadow brings the whole acre, grass and clover and whatever chose to grow. The record shows almost nothing for a century, then a twentyfold turn: about 140 in the 1990s, 3,000 in the 2000s, the decade a famous television daughter carried it through living rooms, then 4,000 in the 2010s, and already 5,000 so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run. The record shows the timing, and timing is all a record can show. It goes to girls almost without exception: about 12,300 to twelve. A meadow is what land does when nobody makes it perform, which may be the quietest wish a name can carry: room, sun, and no schedule. The certificate says pastoral; the child gets the open gate.
How popular is Meadow around the world?
In the United States, 4,959 babies were named Meadow between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 25 girls named Meadow were registered in 2024, the 164th most common name among girls that year.
Meadow is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, England and Wales and Canada.
United States
1 in 4,400
In the United States, 4,959 babies were named Meadow between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Meadow peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 1,800
In Scotland, 25 girls named Meadow were registered in 2024, the 164th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Ireland
1 in 2,700
In Ireland, 20 girls named Meadow were born in 2025, the 213th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
New Zealand
1 in 3,400
In New Zealand, 17 girls named Meadow were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
England and Wales
1 in 3,800
In England and Wales, 155 girls named Meadow were born in 2025, the 291st most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 4,000
In Canada, 92 girls named Meadow were born in 2024, the 332nd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
last on record 2016
Meadow is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Meadow
Most people given the name Meadow in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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