# Mehdi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mehdi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Persian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛdiː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,024 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,024 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 525, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,408 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,094 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,554 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,588 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,143 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,946 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,058 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,698 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,088 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,231 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,559 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,318 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,686 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,949 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,009 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.