Mahdi
#2,819 most common boys' name of all time · #6,780 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2025
Rank among boys
#2,819
Rank overall
#6,780 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
2,398
Since 2016
821
Peak year
2024 #1,603
Best rank
#1,603 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 107/yr
Mahdi first appears in 1959. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,626 |
| 2024 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,603 |
| 2023 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,859 |
| 2022 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,955 |
| 2021 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,144 |
| 2020 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,176 |
| 2019 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,846 |
| 2018 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,985 |
| 2017 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,757 |
| 2016 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,037 |
| 2015 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,630 |
| 2014 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,987 |
| 2013 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,640 |
| 2012 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,855 |
| 2011 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,745 |
| 2010 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,771 |
| 2009 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,092 |
| 2008 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,868 |
| 2007 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,802 |
| 2006 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,981 |
| 2005 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,845 |
| 2004 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,067 |
| 2002 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,925 |
| 2001 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,230 |
| 2000 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,309 |
| 1999 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,212 |
| 1998 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,476 |
| 1997 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,710 |
| 1996 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,405 |
| 1995 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,472 |
| 1994 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,894 |
| 1993 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,421 |
| 1992 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1991 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,397 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,151 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,869 |
| 1988 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,448 |
| 1987 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,138 |
| 1986 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,961 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,703 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,387 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,012 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,858 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,745 |
| 1980 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,043 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,688 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,378 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,858 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,712 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,621 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,554 |