Mehmet

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mehmet: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mehmet: Recorded since 1947, it reached #267 in 1963, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#267highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#526
1997	#462
1998	#526
1999	#490
2000	#554
2001	#524
2002	#546
2003	#633
2004	#435
2005	#590
2006	#653
2007	#711
2008	#746
2009	#923
2010	#744
2011	#798
2012	#901
2013	#804
2014	#680
2015	#779
2016	#858
2017	#848
2018	#810
2019	#894
2020	#755
2021	#1078
2022	#949
2023	#942
2024	#898

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 62 of the 77 years from 1947 to 2023.

In 2023: #475 among boys in Norway, #942 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1947–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #340 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2023
Highest recorded position: #267 among boys in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1947–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mehmet appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1947, and has registered 532 births with the name.

Mehmet across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mehmet's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#340 (1947)	#267 (1963)	#475 (2023)	62 of 77	532 (1947–2023)	16 (1978)
England and Wales · Boys	#526 (1996)	#435 (2004)	#898 (2024)	29 of 29	1,105 (1996–2024)	63 (2004)

Mehmet by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mehmet in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	6	1 of 10	6
1950s	46	7 of 10	7
1960s	92	10 of 10	9
1970sbusiest	133	10 of 10	13
1980s	115	10 of 10	12
1990s	54	9 of 10	6
2000s	33	6 of 10	6
2010s	48	8 of 10	6
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mehmet appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1947 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #267 in Norway in 1963.

Mehmet's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#942	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#949	32	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#755	42	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#894	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#810	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#848	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#858	37	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#779	41	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#680	49	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#798	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#744	40	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#746	39	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#711	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#653	42	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#590	45	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#435	63	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#633	35	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#546	38	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#524	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#554	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#490	41	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#526	36	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#462	42	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#526	33	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#475	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#470	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#481	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#499	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#495	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#546	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#426	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#538	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#428	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#398	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#590	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#596	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#513	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#554	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#470	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#469	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#350	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#369	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#419	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#357	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#308	16	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#387	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#502	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#410	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#308	15	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#329	14	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#289	16	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#341	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#305	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#325	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#307	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#354	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#398	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#295	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#384	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#350	11	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#408	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#504	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#433	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#302	12	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#307	12	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#267	14	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#363	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#480	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#295	11	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#365	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#358	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#323	8	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#394	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#316	7	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#324	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#364	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#340	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1947 and 2024, ranked in 72 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #267, first reached in 1963.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 63 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 49 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Mehnoor · #2115, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fatma · #282, 68y
Niels · #201, 68y
Eldar · #188, 69y
Mikal · #166, 69y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Lennart · #267, 61y
Audny · #266, 19y
Gabriele · #268, 43y
Ingmar · #266, 26y

Mehmet was ranked #267 in Norway · Boys in 1963. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mehmet and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mehmet without appearing here.

Mehmet moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #894 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #755 and #1723.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #744 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #798 and #1303.
Murray Compare
In 2009 they stood at #923 and #884 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #744 and #1201.
Derek Compare
In 1996 they stood at #526 and #464 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #462 and #809.

Moved ahead of Mehmet

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #755 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1078 and #433.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #462 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #526 and #182.
Noah Compare
In 1995 they stood at #513 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #590 and #332.
Jonas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #653 and #663 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #711 and #476.

Moved the opposite way to Mehmet

Ulrik Compare
Between 1951 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Mehmet went from #324 to #475 while Ulrik went from #371 to #22.
Kevin Compare
Between 1953 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Mehmet went from #316 to #475 while Kevin went from #369 to #149.
Levi Compare
Between 1953 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Mehmet went from #316 to #475 while Levi went from #390 to #97.
Max Compare
Between 1953 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Mehmet went from #316 to #475 while Max went from #373 to #72.

Moved the same way as Mehmet

Stig Compare
Between 1947 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Mehmet went from #340 to #499 and Stig from #113 to #538.
Stein Compare
Between 1947 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Mehmet went from #340 to #495 and Stein from #50 to #503.
Ronny Compare
Between 1947 and 2005 in Norway · Boys, Mehmet went from #340 to #544 and Ronny from #357 to #555.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mehmet went from #526 to #898 and Aaron from #33 to #154.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1947 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #267 in Norway in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mehmet

Mehmet at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mehmet across 2 official records

Mehmet by decade in Norway · Boys

Mehmet appears in

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Mehmet at a glance

Mehmet across 2 official records

Mehmet by decade in Norway · Boys

Mehmet appears in

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