Ahmad is an established boys' name that peaked in 2001 and remains in steady use.
Ahmad is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #669 for boy births in the United States (and #1,356 across all names), given to 407 babies. Ahmad first appears in 1950 and peaked in 2001 (662 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 407 | 407 | — | #669 |
| 2024 | 411 | 411 | — | #668 |
| 2023 | 393 | 393 | — | #685 |
| 2022 | 437 | 437 | — | #634 |
| 2021 | 385 | 385 | — | #689 |
| 2020 | 429 | 429 | — | #625 |
| 2019 | 454 | 454 | — | #602 |
| 2018 | 502 | 502 | — | #552 |
| 2017 | 481 | 481 | — | #564 |
| 2016 | 466 | 466 | — | #588 |
| 2015 | 498 | 498 | — | #565 |
| 2014 | 490 | 490 | — | #567 |
| 2013 | 458 | 458 | — | #569 |
| 2012 | 444 | 444 | — | #579 |
| 2011 | 426 | 426 | — | #588 |
| 2010 | 494 | 494 | — | #523 |
| 2009 | 567 | 567 | — | #482 |
| 2008 | 465 | 465 | — | #560 |
| 2007 | 462 | 462 | — | #558 |
| 2006 | 487 | 487 | — | #524 |
| 2005 | 542 | 542 | — | #467 |
| 2004 | 508 | 508 | — | #487 |
| 2003 | 542 | 542 | — | #465 |
| 2002 | 626 | 626 | — | #404 |
| 2001 | 662 | 662 | — | #386 |
| 2000 | 526 | 526 | — | #454 |
| 1999 | 562 | 562 | — | #419 |
| 1998 | 608 | 608 | — | #402 |
| 1997 | 378 | — | — | #529 |
| 1996 | 390 | — | — | #519 |
| 1995 | 347 | — | — | #546 |
| 1994 | 367 | — | — | #535 |
| 1993 | 342 | — | — | #548 |
| 1992 | 309 | — | — | #580 |
| 1991 | 293 | — | — | #594 |
| 1990 | 327 | — | — | #560 |
| 1989 | 315 | — | — | #545 |
| 1988 | 241 | — | — | #605 |
| 1987 | 284 | — | — | #540 |
| 1986 | 248 | — | — | #564 |
| 1985 | 190 | — | — | #638 |
| 1984 | 166 | — | — | #673 |
| 1983 | 179 | — | — | #641 |
| 1982 | 208 | — | — | #596 |
| 1981 | 245 | — | — | #535 |
| 1980 | 238 | — | — | #556 |
| 1979 | 292 | — | #9,021 | #491 |
| 1978 | 210 | — | #8,571 | #590 |
| 1977 | 213 | — | #8,452 | #584 |
| 1976 | 121 | — | — | #755 |
| 1975 | 135 | — | — | #712 |
| 1974 | 111 | — | — | #767 |
| 1973 | 53 | — | — | #1,123 |
| 1972 | 58 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1971 | 64 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1970 | 48 | — | — | #1,192 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | — | #1,605 |
| 1968 | 29 | — | — | #1,455 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | — | #1,653 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | — | #1,964 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | — | #1,721 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | — | #2,114 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | — | #2,300 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | — | #1,757 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | — | #1,778 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | — | #1,772 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | — | #2,034 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | — | #2,506 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | — | #3,553 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | — | #3,946 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | — | #3,202 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | — | #3,144 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #3,691 |