Mahdi
54
Babies in 2024
+8%
10-year change
2007
Peak · 60
+8%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Mahdi
Mahdi peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (60 babies in 2007) and has remained in active use — 54 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Mahdi reached its peak in 2007, when 60 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #526 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 54 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 1,124 boys have been officially registered with the name Mahdi in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 504 boys were registered with the name, starting from 50 in 2014 and ending at 54 in 2024.