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Ahmad
Pronounced /ˈɑː.mæd/
Rank in 2024
#669
Born in 2024
409
Peak year
2001 · #386
Origin
Arabic
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 409 boys were named Ahmad, about 1 in every 4,194.
- It peaked in 2001 with 662 babies, ranked #386.
- It first shows up in the records in 1950.
- 19,936 boys have been named Ahmad since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ahmad per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 148 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,637 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,450 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,299 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,402 babies, 0.25 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), elative of حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”); or from Persian اَحْمَد (ahmad).
- A male given name from Arabic or Persian, meaning “most praiseworthy”; variant forms Aahmed, Achmad, Achmat, Achmed, Achmet, Ahamed, Ahmed, Ahmet.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Say it
- /ˈɑː.mæd/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ahmad, CC BY-SA 4.0.