Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mehdi

#4,744 most common boys' name of all time · #11,691 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#4,744
Rank overall
#11,691 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,024
Since 2016
238
Peak year
2012 #3,094
Best rank
#2,563 1979
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
198020002020

Mehdi first appears in 1976. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 27 27 #3,995
2024 — 28 28 #3,931
2023 — 22 22 #4,662
2022 — 36 36 #3,312
2021 — 13 13 #6,459
2020 — 24 24 #4,193
2019 — 19 19 #5,027
2018 — 16 16 #5,640
2017 — 26 26 #4,042
2016 — 27 27 #3,932
2015 — 25 25 #4,125
2014 — 30 30 #3,575
2013 — 30 30 #3,543
2012 — 37 37 #3,094
2011 — 32 32 #3,409
2010 — 31 31 #3,482
2009 — 33 33 #3,370
2008 — 29 29 #3,699
2007 — 32 32 #3,421
2006 — 25 25 #3,951
2005 — 24 24 #3,882
2004 — 27 27 #3,501
2003 — 35 35 #2,820
2002 — 28 28 #3,232
2001 — 26 26 #3,372
2000 — 26 26 #3,269
1999 — 31 31 #2,769
1998 — 12 12 #5,321
1997 — 16 16 #4,164
1996 — 17 17 #3,959
1995 — 16 16 #3,976
1994 — 19 19 #3,547
1993 — 14 14 #4,380
1992 — 18 18 #3,568
1991 — 12 12 #4,674
1990 — 13 13 #4,348
1989 — 11 11 #4,730
1988 — 10 10 #4,686
1987 — 14 14 #3,492
1986 — 11 11 #4,089
1985 — 11 11 #4,018
1984 — 14 14 #3,253
1983 — 6 6 #6,022
1982 — 10 10 #4,202
1981 — 11 11 #3,832
1980 — 13 13 #3,413
1979 — 19 19 #2,563
1978 — 5 5 #6,513
1977 — 6 6 #5,708
1976 — 7 7 #4,916