Ahmed
Ahmed is ranked 687th among boys in 2024 (392 births). Its best rank was 491st, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #687down 36 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3920.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2015590 births
- Best rank
- #491in 2000
- Since 1929
- 16,897people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,897 boys have been named Ahmed in the United States since 1929, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 590 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 547 → 687).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ahmed | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1930s | 8 | |
| 1940s | 31 | |
| 1950s | 80 | |
| 1960s | 221 | |
| 1970s | 677 | |
| 1980s | 1,435 | |
| 1990s | 2,703 | |
| 2000s | 4,476 | |
| 2010s | 5,219 | |
| 2020s | 2,041 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Ahmed was the 496th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Ahmed
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Samipeak 2017
- Maximepeak 2001
- Keelanpeak 2015
- Mohammedpeak 2014
- Husseinpeak 2015
- Abdallahpeak 2018
- Zanepeak 2018
- Marshawnpeak 2015
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.