Ahmad
Ahmad is ranked 669th among boys in 2024 (409 births). Its best rank was 386th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- #669up 16 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4090.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001662 births
- Best rank
- #386in 2001
- Since 1950
- 19,936people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,936 boys have been named Ahmad in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 662 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 567 → 669).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 27%. It has spent 51 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Ahmad was the 386th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Ahmad
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Syedpeak 2000
- Nabilpeak 2015
- Waleedpeak 2000
- Vikrampeak 2000
- Nadirpeak 2001
- Moisespeak 2001
- Nicolaspeak 2003
- Sionepeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.