Meadow
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning meadow, field of grass.
Babies a year
155
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#286
up from #327
UK popularity
#291
155 babies · unchanged
How Meadow has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #673 |
| 2016 | #687 |
| 2017 | #725 |
| 2018 | #516 |
| 2019 | #496 |
| 2020 | #476 |
| 2021 | #499 |
| 2022 | #406 |
| 2023 | #352 |
| 2024 | #327 |
| 2025 | #286 |
Meadow by the numbers
In 2025, 155 babies in England and Wales were named Meadow. In the US, 383 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 425 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Meadow, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Meadow
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