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Mahdi

Pronounced /ˈmɑːdi/

Rank in 2024
#1,600
Born in 2024
107
Peak year
2024 · #1600
Origin
Arabic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 107 boys were named Mahdi, about 1 in every 16,031.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1959.
  • 2,294 boys have been named Mahdi since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Mahdi per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 48 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 274 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 987 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 980 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “guided one”).

  • A male given name from Arabic.
Origin
Arabic
Say it
/ˈmɑːdi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Mahdi, CC BY-SA 4.0.