Mehdi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEH-dee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Mehdi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rightly guided”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Mehdi mean?
Arabic: Persian form of Mahdi
“rightly guided”
Persian and North African form of Mahdi, the redeemer of Islamic tradition.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mehdi a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehdi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehdi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Mehdi, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mehdi than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Mehdi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Mehdi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Mehdi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Mehdi, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Mehdi in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mehdi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
Names like Mehdi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Mustafa Ahmed Yahya Abdullah Hamza Rafi Mahdi Umar Hadi Amir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mehdi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehdi, updated 20 October 2026.