Mehdi
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning guided one; the rightly guided.
Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies
Mehdi by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Mehdi. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mehdi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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