Ahmed

#703 for boys in 2025, 382 births

Peak · boys
2000 · 476 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,282
since 1929

Ahmed over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ahmed has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #490, 2000boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#703382
2024#690394
2023#652419
2022#666410
2021#675397
2020#634423
2019#598462
2018#536523
2017#518558
2016#515582
2015#496590
2014#548501
2013#521510
2012#495540
2011#534477
2010#537476
2009#586446
2008#579443
2007#573448
2006#565443
2005#560424
2004#525454
2003#537429
2002#508448
2001#492466
2000#490476
1999#522406
1998#594314
1997#605292
1996#570319
1995#677243
1994#641264
1993#637263
1992#724203
1991#725195
1990#710204
1989#713191
1988#669200
1987#772142
1986#771138
1985#792126
1984#719147
1983#772127
1982#732141
1981#813116
1980#850108
1979#864101
1978#89193
1977#1,03669
1976#96974
1975#1,06561
1974#92377
1973#1,05459
1972#1,10754
1971#1,19947
1970#1,29741
1969#1,32636
1968#1,42830
1967#1,31233
1966#1,61323
1965#1,77420
1964#1,58125
1963#2,41412
1962#2,36412
1961#1,94818
1960#2,42312
1959#2,8219
1958#3,9445
1957#2,63110
1956#2,9698
1955#2,55810
1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
1952#2,25112
1951#2,49510
1950#3,6815
1949#3,2986
1948#3,3166
1947#2,8628
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five boys were named Ahmed! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1930–1935, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ahmed is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedNHWashington: #697 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,597 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #245 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 852 boysNDMinnesota: #164 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 660 boysMNIllinois: #450 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,553 boysILWisconsin: #763 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,443 boysWIMichigan: #260 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 1,257 boysMINew York: #259 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 1,336 boysNYMassachusetts: #403 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,687 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedSDIowa: #562 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,155 boysIAIndiana: #541 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,286 boysINOhio: #353 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,884 boysOHPennsylvania: #532 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,739 boysPANew Jersey: #309 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,664 boysNJConnecticut: #357 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,058 boysCTCalifornia: #649 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 4,920 boysCAUtah: #682 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,251 boysUTColorado: #551 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,075 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedNEMissouri: #370 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,859 boysMOKentucky: #536 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,667 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedWVVirginia: #316 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,631 boysVAMaryland: #389 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,139 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedDEArizona: #560 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,361 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedARTennessee: #590 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,654 boysTNNorth Carolina: #656 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,728 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #214 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 729 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #808 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,096 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedALGeorgia: #661 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,227 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmed, so not publishedHITexas: #577 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 3,918 boysTXFlorida: #655 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,470 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#164 · 1 in 660
  2. District of Columbia#214 · 1 in 729
  3. North Dakota#245 · 1 in 852
  4. New York#259 · 1 in 1,336
  5. Michigan#260 · 1 in 1,257

Best ever in a state: #160 in Minnesota, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#164431 in 660
District of Columbia#21461 in 729
North Dakota#24551 in 852
New York#259771 in 1,336
Michigan#260381 in 1,257
New Jersey#309251 in 1,664
Virginia#316261 in 1,631
Ohio#353321 in 1,884
Connecticut#35771 in 2,058
Missouri#370171 in 1,859
Maryland#389131 in 2,139
Massachusetts#403111 in 2,687
Illinois#450261 in 2,553
Pennsylvania#532161 in 3,739
Kentucky#53661 in 3,667
Indiana#541111 in 3,286
Colorado#55191 in 3,075
Arizona#560111 in 3,361
Iowa#56251 in 3,155
Texas#577481 in 3,918
Tennessee#590101 in 3,654
California#649461 in 4,920
Florida#655221 in 4,470
North Carolina#656111 in 4,728
Georgia#661131 in 4,227
Utah#68251 in 4,251
Washington#69781 in 4,597
Wisconsin#76351 in 5,443
Louisiana#80851 in 5,096
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ahmed
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#690 → #703)
  • 69 spots since 2020 (#634 → #703)
  • 207 spots since 2015 (#496 → #703)
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1978 (#1,036 → #891)
  • Biggest drop: 142 spots in 1975 (#923 → #1,065)
Rise & fade · boys
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 2000 at #490 (476 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1978–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,249
  • Highest: 1 in 3,249 boys born in 2015 were named Ahmed (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,471 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #490 in 2000, was only 1 in 4,126 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.2% of all boys named Ahmed (5,219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#3,559 (1929)#3,559
1930s8#2,629 (1936)#2,629
1940s31#2,862 (1947)#3,239
1950s80#2,251 (1952)#3,060
1960s221#1,312 (1967)#1,818
1970s676#864 (1979)#1,041
1980s1,436#669 (1988)#760
1990s2,703#522 (1999)#641
2000s4,477#490 (2000)#542
2010s5,219#495 (2012)#530
2020s2,425#634 (2020)#670

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.

Ahmed in 2015

boys
#496
590 births · 1 in 3,249 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #496Ahmed590
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 3,249 of them was named Ahmed, which outranked 96.5% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ahmed
  1. #493Sterling595
  2. #494Dennis592
  3. #494Saul592
  4. #496Ahmed590
  5. #497Zayne589
  6. #498Bodhi585
  7. #499Lawrence582
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →