boys:
16.5k births since 1929
#899 (80th percentile)
overall:
16.5k births since 1929
#2013 (74th percentile)
The name Ahmed is the #2,013 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,501 recorded births since 1929. This represents the 74.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #899 (80.4% percentile) for all time with 16,501 births since 1929.
Ahmed first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1929 (first recorded for boys in 1929). Birth data for Ahmed is available in 81 out of the 95 years between 1929 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ahmed reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 50.1% percentile (ranked #452) with 289 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 289 births per million (ranked 50.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ahmed ranks #539 for boys (40.9% percentile) with 229 births per million, which is 79.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ahmed".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ahmed", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 12 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ahmad" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ahmad..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Ahmed. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.7% confident that Ahmed is pronounced as AH-mehd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEHD, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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