Fun Facts About the Name Mahdiya
- 174 babies named Mahdiya: U.S. records list 174 babies given the name Mahdiya from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mahdiya Mean?
Mahdiya is an Arabic feminine name meaning "rightly guided" or "guided (female)." It comes from the masculine name Mahdi (Arabic مهدي), the passive participle of the verb hadā (هدى), "to guide." The feminine Arabic form is Mahdiyya (مهدية); Mahdiya is an English transliteration of that form. The literal sense is "guided," while "rightly guided" is the customary English rendering. In Arabic, the ending -iyya can also carry a relational (nisba) sense, so the form may be understood as "of the Mahdi" or "Mahdi-like" in some contexts, but the guide/guided root is the same.
Mahdiya Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the Arabic word family built on the root h-d-y, "to guide." The masculine Mahdi is both an Arabic personal name and a title in Islamic tradition for a future rightly guided leader, al-Mahdi. The feminine Mahdiyya (Arabic مهدية) is formed from the same root and serves as the feminine counterpart; English spellings include Mahdiya, Mahdiyya, and Mahdia. The same feminine form is the Arabic name of Mahdia in Tunisia, founded in 921 by the Fatimid caliph al-Mahdi Billah and named al-Mahdiyya after him; that place name is a nisba form from al-Mahdi. In Turkish, the related feminine given name is Mehdiye.
How Popular is the Name Mahdiya?
Mahdiya has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #6,596 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,280 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,291 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #16,683 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #9,315 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #11,723 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #6,596 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #11,095 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #9,132 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #7,472 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #8,752 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #12,639 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #7,610 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #11,870 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #16,035 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #14,394 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #10,392 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #12,543 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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