How Many People Are Named Mehdi?
people named Mehdi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 341,102 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,024 babies named Mehdi in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Persian form of MAHDI.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mehdi in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mehdi alive today is about 20 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mehdi first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2012, to 37 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mehdi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,522, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #4,008.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,008 |
| Best rank | #2,522 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,422 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mehdi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mehdi were born in New York than in any other state: about 60 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mehdi was given about 6.3 times as often in New York.
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