How Many People Are Named Ahmed?
people named Ahmed are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,299 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,282 babies named Ahmed in Social Security records from 1929 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
590 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription and Turkish and Bosnian form of AHMAD. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ahmed in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ahmed alive today is about 20 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ahmed first appears in the records in 1929 and was given most often in 2015, to 590 babies. In 2025, 382 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1929 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ahmed has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #490, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #703.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #703 |
| Best rank | #490 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #541 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ahmed alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ahmed were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,715 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ahmed was given 3.4 times as often in Minnesota, 3 times in New York and 2.8 times in Michigan.
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