Ahmed is an established boys' name that peaked in 2015 and remains in steady use.
Ahmed is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #703 for boy births in the United States (and #1,423 across all names), given to 382 babies. Ahmed first appears in 1929 and peaked in 2015 (590 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 382 | 382 | #703 |
| 2024 | 394 | 394 | #690 |
| 2023 | 419 | 419 | #652 |
| 2022 | 410 | 410 | #666 |
| 2021 | 397 | 397 | #675 |
| 2020 | 423 | 423 | #634 |
| 2019 | 462 | 462 | #598 |
| 2018 | 523 | 523 | #536 |
| 2017 | 558 | 558 | #518 |
| 2016 | 582 | 582 | #515 |
| 2015 | 590 | 590 | #496 |
| 2014 | 501 | 501 | #548 |
| 2013 | 510 | 510 | #521 |
| 2012 | 540 | 540 | #495 |
| 2011 | 477 | 477 | #534 |
| 2010 | 476 | 476 | #537 |
| 2009 | 446 | 446 | #586 |
| 2008 | 443 | 443 | #579 |
| 2007 | 448 | 448 | #573 |
| 2006 | 443 | 443 | #565 |
| 2005 | 424 | 424 | #560 |
| 2004 | 454 | 454 | #525 |
| 2003 | 429 | 429 | #537 |
| 2002 | 448 | 448 | #508 |
| 2001 | 466 | 466 | #492 |
| 2000 | 476 | 481 | #490 |
| 1999 | 406 | 406 | #522 |
| 1998 | 314 | 314 | #594 |
| 1997 | 292 | — | #605 |
| 1996 | 319 | — | #570 |
| 1995 | 243 | — | #677 |
| 1994 | 264 | — | #641 |
| 1993 | 263 | — | #637 |
| 1992 | 203 | — | #724 |
| 1991 | 195 | — | #725 |
| 1990 | 204 | — | #710 |
| 1989 | 191 | — | #713 |
| 1988 | 200 | — | #669 |
| 1987 | 142 | — | #772 |
| 1986 | 138 | — | #771 |
| 1985 | 126 | — | #792 |
| 1984 | 147 | — | #719 |
| 1983 | 127 | — | #772 |
| 1982 | 141 | — | #732 |
| 1981 | 116 | — | #813 |
| 1980 | 108 | — | #850 |
| 1979 | 101 | — | #865 |
| 1978 | 93 | — | #891 |
| 1977 | 69 | — | #1,036 |
| 1976 | 74 | — | #969 |
| 1975 | 61 | — | #1,065 |
| 1974 | 77 | — | #923 |
| 1973 | 59 | — | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 54 | — | #1,107 |
| 1971 | 47 | — | #1,199 |
| 1970 | 41 | — | #1,297 |
| 1969 | 36 | — | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 30 | — | #1,428 |
| 1967 | 33 | — | #1,312 |
| 1966 | 23 | — | #1,613 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #1,774 |
| 1964 | 25 | — | #1,581 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #2,416 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #2,365 |
| 1961 | 18 | — | #1,948 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #2,424 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,823 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #3,951 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #2,632 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #2,971 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,560 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #3,833 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,427 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #2,251 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | #2,496 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #3,692 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,302 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,320 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #2,866 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,219 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,509 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,631 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,563 |