NameTides

Ahmed

Ahmed was the #703 boys' name in the US in 2025 (382 babies), and #168 in England & Wales and #216 in Canada.

Ahmed as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ahmed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandUS
Ahmed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#703 (382)#168 (300)#269 (14)#270 (6)#272 (16)#216 (162)
2024#690 (394)#173 (292)#382 (9)#339 (4)#472 (7)#217 (153)
2023#652 (419)#196 (256)#341 (10)#395 (3)#303 (14)#226 (143)
2022#666 (410)#215 (238)#312 (12)—#287 (16)#258 (127)
2021#675 (397)#209 (254)#328 (11)—#279 (16)#235 (149)
2020#634 (423)#205 (245)#324 (11)#392 (3)#361 (11)#207 (169)
2019#598 (462)#208 (246)#355 (9)—#466 (7)#215 (171)
2018#536 (523)#185 (284)#392 (8)#416 (3)#435 (8)#221 (165)
2017#518 (558)#172 (321)#264 (17)—#317 (13)#192 (200)
2016#515 (582)#171 (338)#315 (12)#358 (4)#313 (14)#191 (192)
2015#496 (590)#183 (320)#470 (6)—#280 (16)#194 (195)
2014#548 (501)#185 (306)#378 (9)#398 (3)#325 (13)#197 (200)
2013#521 (510)#162 (345)#520 (5)#398 (3)#317 (13)#184 (196)
2012#495 (540)#157 (377)#392 (8)—#267 (18)#188 (185)
2011#534 (477)#175 (320)#345 (10)—#238 (22)#178 (204)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #496.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1929.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 980common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ahmed is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ahmed by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #218MNIllinois: #470ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #282NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #949INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #937TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Ahmed (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#18671
Quebec2025#20926

Ahmed (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AhmedCanadaGirls—too few
AhmedCanadaBoys#216162
AhmedEngland & WalesBoys#168300
AhmedIrelandBoys#27216
AhmedNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
AhmedScotlandBoys#26914
AhmedUSBoys#703382