Ahmad

Last seen for girls in 1979 at #9,010 · #669 for boys in 2025, 407 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2001 · 662 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,348
since 1950

Ahmad over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ahmad has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #386, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#669407
2024#668411
2023#685393
2022#634437
2021#689385
2020#625429
2019#602454
2018#552502
2017#564481
2016#588466
2015#565498
2014#567490
2013#569458
2012#579444
2011#588426
2010#523494
2009#482567
2008#560465
2007#558462
2006#524487
2005#467542
2004#487508
2003#465542
2002#404626
2001#386662
2000#454526
1999#419562
1998#402608
1997#529378
1996#519390
1995#546347
1994#535367
1993#548342
1992#580309
1991#594293
1990#560327
1989#545315
1988#605241
1987#540284
1986#564248
1985#638190
1984#673166
1983#641179
1982#596208
1981#535245
1980#556238
1979#9,0106#491286
1978#8,5626#590204
1977#8,4446#584207
1976#755121
1975#712135
1974#767111
1973#1,12353
1972#1,06058
1971#1,01464
1970#1,19248
1969#1,60526
1968#1,45529
1967#1,65222
1966#1,96316
1965#1,72021
1964#2,11415
1963#2,30013
1962#1,75721
1961#1,77821
1960#1,77221
1959#2,03316
1958#2,50611
1957#3,5526
1956#3,9425
1955#3,2017
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1953#3,1437
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1950#3,6815
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First appearance
1950

The first year at least five boys were named Ahmad! It came in at #3,681, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1950–1952, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ahmad
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#668#669)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#625#669)
  • 104 spots since 2015 (#565#669)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1974 (#1,123#767)
  • Biggest drop: 65 spots in 1980 (#491#556)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1950
  • Peaked 2001 at #386 (662 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1974–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,935
  • Highest: 1 in 2,935 boys born in 2001 were named Ahmad (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,197 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Ahmad (5,387) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s57#2,033 (1959)#3,151
1960s205#1,455 (1968)#1,812
1970s1,287#491 (1979)#829
1980s2,314#535 (1981)#589
1990s3,923#402 (1998)#523
2000s5,387#386 (2001)#479
2010s4,713#523 (2010)#570
2020s2,462#625 (2020)#662

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ahmad in 1961

boys
#1,778
21 births · 1 in 101,152 boys

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #1,778Ahmad21
More about 1961

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 101,152 of them was named Ahmad, which outranked 61.8% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ahmad
  1. #1,731Valerie22
  2. #1,731Vester22
  3. #1,731Winslow22
  4. #1,778Ahmad21
  5. #1,778Anita21
  6. #1,778Aundra21
  7. #1,778Benard21
  8. #1,823Aloysius20
  9. #1,823Arcadio20
  10. #1,823Artemio20

Tied with 44 names at #1,778; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961