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Ahmad

A name meaning "most commendable, most praiseworthy".

PronunciationArabic /ˈʔaħ.mad/; Persian /ʔæh.ˈmæd/; Urdu /ˈəɦ.məd̪/; Bengali /ˈaɦ.mɔd̪/; Indonesian /ˈah.mad/
Usage languagesArabic, Avar, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Uzbek
US rank (2025)#669

Meaning and history

Ahmad is an Arabic name meaning “most commendable” or “most praiseworthy,” formed as a superlative of Hamid.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 487 births, rank #524
2007: 462 births, rank #558
2008: 465 births, rank #560
2009: 567 births, rank #482
2010: 494 births, rank #523
20112011: 426 births, rank #588
2012: 444 births, rank #579
2013: 458 births, rank #569
2014: 490 births, rank #567
2015: 498 births, rank #565
20162016: 466 births, rank #588
2017: 481 births, rank #564
2018: 502 births, rank #552
2019: 454 births, rank #602
2020: 429 births, rank #625
20212021: 385 births, rank #689
2022: 437 births, rank #634
2023: 393 births, rank #685
2024: 411 births, rank #668
20252025: 407 births, rank #669

Ahmad moved from #668 to #669 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2001, with 662 births.