Masculine dossier · first seen 1950

Ahmad

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ahmad
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

662

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1950Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

38.2%

2024

409

All-time

19,936

Ahmad has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 662 boys were named Ahmad.

In 2024, only 409 boys were given the name.

Down 38.2% from its peak.

All told, about 19,936 Americans have been named Ahmad and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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