How popular is the name Ahmad?

Ahmad ranks 766th among boys' names in US records, with 19,954 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,454.

Is Ahmad a unisex name?

No. Ahmad is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2001, when 662 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#766 of boy names

Pronounced AA1 M AA0 D (ARPABET)

Ahmad is a boys' name, and first appears in 1950. It has been given to 19,954 children — the 766th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2001, when 662 children were given it.

2001Boys: 662Girls: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Ahmad?: Ahmad ranks 766th among boys' names in US records, with 19,954 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,454.
Is Ahmad a unisex name?: No. Ahmad is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Ahmad most popular?: 2001, when 662 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.