Mehmet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEH-met
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,220 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Mehmet is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Mehmet mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Muhammad
“praised”
Turkish form of Muhammad; Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mehmet a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehmet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehmet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,220among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Mehmet, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 812th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 63 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Mehmet since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Mehmet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.
Mehmet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 35 | #961 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 42 | #812 |
| 2019 | 35 | #931 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 37 | #919 |
| 2016 | 39 | #884 |
| 2015 | 41 | #839 |
| 2014 | 50 | #719 |
| 2013 | 38 | #873 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 40 | #833 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 32 | #937 |
| 2008 | 39 | #806 |
| 2007 | 41 | #753 |
| 2006 | 43 | #695 |
| 2005 | 45 | #648 |
| 2004 | 63 | #475 |
| 2003 | 38 | #646 |
| 2002 | 39 | #586 |
| 2001 | 37 | #576 |
| 2000 | 34 | #606 |
| 1999 | 41 | #540 |
| 1998 | 36 | #569 |
| 1997 | 43 | #498 |
| 1996 | 34 | #548 |
How popular is Mehmet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Mehmet, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Mehmet in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mehmet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
Names like Mehmet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Musa Mustafa Ahmed Umar Abdullah Musab Yahya Zayd Amir Zayan
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, “Mehmet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehmet, updated 20 October 2026.