Ahmad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “praiseworthy.” In 2024 it was given to 409 boys in the United States.
Ahmad belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “praiseworthy” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ahmad first appears in Social Security records in 1950. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #386 in 2001, and in 2024 409 babies received the name — 19,936 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ahmad means “praiseworthy” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ahmad is a boy name. In 2024, 409 babies received the name in the US.
Ahmad comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Ahmad first appears in US records in 1950. Its best-ever ranking was #386 in 2001, and 409 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ahmad is pronounced /ˈɑː.mæd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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