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By Sophie Kihm · Aug 2026

AH-mad; ah-MAD; AH-mud

Ahmad

OriginArabic
Meaning"most commended, praisworthy"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Ahmad as a girl's name
US Rank#669

Top 1000

About Ahmad

Variation of Muhammad

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#550#600#650'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#567490255.1
2015#565498259.8
2016#588466245.6
2017#564481259.9
2018#552502276.4
2019#602454253
2020#625429248.5
2021#689385220.1
2022#634437250.3
2023#685393229.7
2024#669409237.4
2025#669407238.3
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

#218🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England#382🇩🇪 Germany#532🔮 Future#669🇺🇸 US

Famous Ahmads

  • Ahmad Kadar Brooks

    American football player

  • Ahmad Bradshaw

    American football player

  • Ahmad Black

    American football player

  • Ahmad Naadir "Slim" Nivins

    American basketball player

  • Ahmad Rashad (born Robert Earl Moore)

    American football player

  • Ahmad Tibi

    Arab,Israeli politician

  • Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones)

    American jazz pianist

  • Jaleel Ahmad White

    American actor

  • Ahmad Yani

    Indonesian army commander

  • Ahmad al

    Faraqa al,Sirhindi, Indian Sufi scholar

  • Ahmad Ali Lewis

    American rapper

  • Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

    3rd President of Sierra Leone

  • Ahmad Tajuddin

    27th Sultan of Brunei

  • Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani

    8th Emir of Qatar

  • Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada

    Afghan actor

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