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How popular is the name Mehdi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mehdis are alive today.
Mehdi (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. The name peaked in 2009, when 26 babies were given the name, the 1008th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2022, with 23 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.
The Mehdi you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old - or else around 3: the name has two living generations. Half of all Mehdis born in England and Wales are between 9 and 25, and there are at least 590 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 Mehdi - on average, only one in every 514 such rooms contains a Mehdi.
How many babies are named Mehdi each year?
Where does Mehdi 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 Mehdi most popular?
Mehdi peaked in 2009, when 26 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mehdi?
At least 590 people named Mehdi born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mehdi?
Most living Mehdis are between 9 and 25; the most common age is about 16. There is a second cluster around 3.
Is Mehdi becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2009 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.