Mehmed — boys' name
83 babies named Mehmed in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
83 boys have been named Mehmed since 2001, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 83
- total births
- 2001–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Mehmed was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Mehmed in 2025 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mehmed
The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Mehmed between 2001 and 2025, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mehmed currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2025, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mehmed performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mehmed shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mehmed in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mehmed in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 83 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mehmed at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mehmed popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2001
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
83 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 15 births in a single year.
Mehmed by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 46 births that decade — 55% of Mehmed's all-time total
Mehmed decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Mehmed's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Mehmed by state
Where Mehmed concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.0% |
5 of 83 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.