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Md

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 5 babies. Short and simple: 2 letters

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,882, 2016: #3,681, 2017: #3,312, 2018: #3,708, 2019: #4,337, 2020: #3,570, 2021: #4,011, 2022: #3,879, 2023: #4,456, 2024: #4,701, 2025: #4,2491 in 71,170 boys in the US, 2025#4,249 · steady · was #3,882 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #656, 2016: #621, 2017: #779, 2018: #549, 2019: #655, 2020: #587, 2021: #672, 2022: #646, 2023: #539, 2024: #361, 2025: #3571 in 2,305 boys in E&W, 2025#357 · rising · was #656 in 2015

Boy’s name

What Md means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Md yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 5 babies. Short and simple: 2 letters Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Md?

US 2025
#4249
24 babies
▲ 452 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#357
118 babies
▲ 4 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Steady: #3882 in 2015, #4249 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #656 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2017)

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 34 boys got the name (#3312 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

  • About 1 in 71,170 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 2,305 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (0.17 per 1,000 boys), MI (0.12 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Md is #4249 in the US and #357 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#4249241 in 71,170#3882
England & Wales#3571181 in 2,305#656
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Md were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 2025024
England & Wales 20250118
US all years since 18800524
England & Wales since 199601,233

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Md

Boys

  • Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
  • Sawyer#122“one who saws”
  • Koa#269Hawaiian, meaning “warrior, courage; koa tree”
  • Legend#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #391 in 2015, #193 in 2025
  • Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
  • Reid#293Editor’s note Steady in the US: #278 in 2015 and #293 in 2025

For a sister

  • Palmer#232“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”
  • Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”
  • Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
  • Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
  • Rowan#249“little red one”
  • Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Md’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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