Boy’s name · Arabic

Mahdy

How to say it: ma-DEE · /maˈdi/

Variant of Arabic 'mahdi' meaning 'rightly guided' - Maghrebi spelling of Mahdi.

Mahdy was the 1,211th most popular boys’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 0 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2000s, its births are up about 6% in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #1,034 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#1,211for boys in 2025
1 in 25,307US babies
0born in 2025
#1,034projected for 2030
2000sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Mahdy
Rank among boys’ names, 2025#1,211
Babies born in 20250
Share of births1 in 25,307
Peak decade2000s
Change over 10 years+6%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#1,034
In France, 2025#199 among boys’ names, 15 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Mahdy is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 2 per million births, 2000s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Mady

Honouring a Mahdy in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Mahdy is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Arabic, English, French.

In France: #199 for boys in 2025.

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