Mahdiya
Mahdia is a Tunisian coastal city with 76,513 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse.
Meaning & Origin of Mahdiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mahdia is a Tunisian coastal city with 76,513 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse.
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The Story of Mahdiya
Mahdiya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2005, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 18 Mahdiyas were born — ranking #6,412 that year. As of 2026, Mahdiya ranks #9,635 for baby girls with 7 births, falling sharply (-33%). In total, more than 183 Mahdiyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Mahdiya
Mahdiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 183 births in the dataset. Mahdiya's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #6,412. Use the chart and map above to compare Mahdiya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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