How Many People Are Named Ahmad?
people named Ahmad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,255 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,366 babies named Ahmad in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
662 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "more commendable" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ahmad (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ahmad alive today is about 22 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ahmad first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 2001, to 662 babies. In 2025, 407 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ahmad has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #386, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #669.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #669 |
| Best rank | #386 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #481 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ahmad alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ahmad were born in California than in any other state: about 1,932 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ahmad was given 2.5 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.5 times in New Jersey and 2.4 times in Louisiana.
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