NameTides

Mahdi

Mahdi was the #1,621 boys' name in the US in 2025 (104 babies), and #668 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Mahdi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mahdi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Mahdi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,621 (104)#668 (54)——#885 (29)
2024#1,599 (107)#678 (54)——#747 (35)
2023#1,851 (86)#691 (50)#728 (3)#770 (3)#819 (30)
2022#1,951 (79)#810 (39)—#657 (4)#1,061 (21)
2021#2,134 (67)#854 (36)#720 (3)—#805 (31)
2020#2,167 (64)#812 (38)——#847 (28)
2019#1,842 (82)#686 (49)——#770 (31)
2018#1,981 (74)#763 (43)——#858 (27)
2017#1,746 (88)#761 (45)—#710 (3)#764 (32)
2016#2,028 (70)#641 (55)——#681 (38)
2015#1,625 (98)#727 (45)——#774 (31)
2014#1,979 (72)#670 (50)—#715 (3)#663 (39)
2013#1,636 (93)#647 (52)——#809 (29)
2012#1,849 (79)#640 (54)——#675 (36)
2011#1,738 (84)#652 (50)——#617 (40)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,599.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mahdi is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mahdi by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #294MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mahdi (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#57920

Mahdi (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MahdiCanadaBoys#88529
MahdiEngland & WalesBoys#66854
MahdiIrelandBoys—too few
MahdiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MahdiScotlandBoys—too few
MahdiUSBoys#1,621104