first name
AHMAD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,694 people named Ahmad, 48.5% reported their origin as White, 26.1% as Black and 16.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ahmad peaked in 2001, when 662 babies got the name.
At least 20,366 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ahmad by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,018. The largest share of babies named Ahmad, 40.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ahmad is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ahmad has been most common in New Jersey (2.4×), Louisiana (2.1×), and Maryland (1.9×), and least common in Colorado (0.15×).
18,110 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ahmad
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ahmad, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ahmad ranks #1,553 of 156,621, with 22,586 people. See Ahmad as a last name
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