Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Ahmed

AH-med · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Most praiseworthy
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
religious · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#687
2024 births392
Peak year2015
First appeared1929
Total US births16,897
2015 peak19291953197720002024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Ach
Alternate spellings
AhmadAchmed
In other languages
Ahmad (Arabic)Ahmet (Turkish)Akhmed (Russian variant)

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