Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ahmed

#882 most common boys' name of all time · #2,023 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1929–2025

Rank among boys
#882
Rank overall
#2,023 of 105,966
First appeared
1929
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
17,282
Since 2016
4,550
Peak year
2015 #496
Best rank
#491 2000
Girls Boys peak 590/yr
19401960198020002020

Ahmed first appears in 1929. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 382 382 #705
2024 394 394 #690
2023 419 419 #652
2022 410 410 #667
2021 397 397 #675
2020 423 423 #634
2019 462 462 #598
2018 523 523 #537
2017 558 558 #518
2016 582 582 #515
2015 590 590 #496
2014 501 501 #549
2013 510 510 #522
2012 540 540 #495
2011 477 477 #535
2010 476 476 #537
2009 446 446 #587
2008 443 443 #579
2007 448 448 #575
2006 443 443 #568
2005 424 424 #560
2004 454 454 #526
2003 429 429 #538
2002 448 448 #509
2001 466 466 #493
2000 476 476 #491
1999 406 406 #522
1998 314 314 #594
1997 292 292 #608
1996 319 319 #571
1995 243 243 #679
1994 264 264 #641
1993 263 263 #637
1992 203 203 #726
1991 195 195 #726
1990 204 204 #711
1989 191 191 #714
1988 200 200 #669
1987 142 142 #774
1986 138 138 #774
1985 126 126 #793
1984 147 147 #720
1983 127 127 #775
1982 141 141 #738
1981 116 116 #815
1980 108 108 #854
1979 101 101 #870
1978 93 93 #895
1977 69 69 #1,042
1976 74 74 #969
1975 61 61 #1,076
1974 77 77 #933
1973 59 59 #1,063
1972 54 54 #1,117
1971 47 47 #1,210
1970 41 41 #1,311
1969 36 36 #1,345
1968 30 30 #1,448
1967 33 33 #1,336
1966 23 23 #1,646
1965 20 20 #1,797
1964 25 25 #1,612
1963 12 12 #2,518
1962 12 12 #2,475
1961 18 18 #1,991
1960 12 12 #2,508
1959 9 9 #2,980
1958 5 5 #4,299
1957 10 10 #2,779
1956 8 8 #3,156
1955 10 10 #2,720
1954 5 5 #4,210
1953 6 6 #3,705
1952 12 12 #2,356
1951 10 10 #2,644
1950 5 5 #4,070
1949 6 6 #3,632
1948 6 6 #3,610
1947 8 8 #3,073
1942 6 6 #3,530
1941 5 5 #3,958
1936 8 8 #2,849
1929 6 6 #3,942