Mehdi
Mehdi is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning "rightly guided". People with the name Mehdi generally originate from Iran, with other notable countries of origin being India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Algeria, United States of America.
- Persian
- Azerbaijani
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Mehdi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mehdi is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning "rightly guided". People with the name Mehdi generally originate from Iran, with other notable countries of origin being India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Algeria, United States of America.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian
- Azerbaijani
- Arabic
The Story of Mehdi
American parents first put Mehdi on the record books as a baby boy name in 1976, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 37 Mehdis were born — ranking #3,057 that year. About 27% of every Mehdi on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mehdi ranks #3,763 for baby boys with 30 births, rising sharply (+48% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Mehdi
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About the name Mehdi
Mehdi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Mehdi's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #2,465. Use the chart and map above to compare Mehdi'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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