Boys' name · since 2001
Mehmed
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 83 babies named Mehmed, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 83
- total births
- 2001–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Mehmed is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 83 have been recorded since 2001.
Mehmed has 83 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- 83 total births
- 2001–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mehmed's 83 recorded births place it above 59% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Mehmed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mehmed's full recorded timeline at 2019, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mehmed popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Mehmed by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Mehmed's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Mehmed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 46 births (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.
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- New York records the most Mehmeds (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mehmed: Baby Name Since 2001 - 83 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mehmed. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mehmed draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.