How rare is the name Mehdi?

3,930 people in the United States have the first name Mehdi, about 1 in 76,853. It ranks #4,658 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MEHDI

#4,658

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,930
About
1 in 76,853
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,930 people named Mehdi, 76.6% reported their origin as White, 11.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mehdi peaked in 2012, when 37 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
37
In 2025*
27 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,024 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mehdi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #7,878. The largest share of babies named Mehdi, 43.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#13,61537
1980s#9,381111
1990s#9,106168
2000s#7,878285
2010s#8,529273
2020s#8,923150
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–9620.2%
Generation Z 1997–1243.4%
2013 and later31.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Mehdi

#4,655 Leesa · 3,931#4,655 Shimon · 3,931#4,659 Muna · 3,928#4,660 Haden · 3,926

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mehdi, most common first.

#48,328 Medi · 132

Also a last name

As a last name, Mehdi ranks #22,759 of 156,621, with 1,156 people. See Mehdi as a last name

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