Mahdi

A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning the guided one, messiah figure.

Babies a year
54
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#668
54 babies · up from #678

Mahdi by the numbers

In 2025, 54 babies in England and Wales were named Mahdi. In the US, 87 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 98 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mahdi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Mehdiguided one; the rightly guided9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mahki49 in the US (2017)
  • Mahd6 in the US (2017)
  • Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
  • Maddixson of Maud; invented spelling of Maddox146 in the US (2017)
  • Mateigift of god; Romanian form of Matthew109 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Mahdi

MaverikCrimsonKrishnaMarshawnZyionKaleoJeriahKerry

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