Recorded 1929–2025 · United States
Ahmed was most popular in 2015, when 590 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,025 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,423, with 382 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 17,282 people named Ahmed.
Ahmed first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1929, which makes it about 96 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 83 of the 97 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 17,282 American births named Ahmed between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 16,839 are estimated to be alive today.
382 American babies were named Ahmed in 2025, ranking #1,423 that year.
Ahmed is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 400 births a year, against 524 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -24% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ahmed is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 17,282 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 16,839 Americans named Ahmed are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 10 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org