How Many People Are Named Mehmet?
people named Mehmet are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 416,810 people in the US has this name
Based on 837 babies named Mehmet in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
42 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Turkish form of MUHAMMAD. This name was borne sultans of the Ottoman Empire (with the older form Mehmed).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mehmet in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mehmet alive today is about 17 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mehmet first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 2015, to 42 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mehmet has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,841, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #5,142.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,142 |
| Best rank | #2,841 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,327 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mehmet alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mehmet were born in New York than in any other state: about 105 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mehmet was given about 10.8 times as often in New York.
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