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How popular is the name Mahdi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mahdis are alive today.
Mahdi (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 668th in 2025 with 54 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2007, when 60 babies were given the name, the 526th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 55 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 854 in 2021 before climbing back to the 668th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Mahdi you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Mahdis born in England and Wales are between 8 and 21, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mahdi - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Mahdi.
How many babies are named Mahdi each year?
Where does Mahdi rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mahdi most popular?
Mahdi peaked in 2007, when 60 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mahdi?
At least 1,300 people named Mahdi born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mahdi?
Most living Mahdis are between 8 and 21; the most common age is about 18. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Mahdi becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.