Boys' name · since 1986
Ahad
879 babies named Ahad in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,567 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,913 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 879
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
879 babies have been named Ahad since 1986, making it today's #2913 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Ahad recorded 879 times among boys since 1986, holding rank #2913 nationally today, ahead of 79% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #5,567 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,913 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 879 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahad ranks #5,567 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,913 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 879 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,567 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,913 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 879
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ahad's 879 recorded births place it above 87.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Ahad compares
879 Top 34% higher than 66% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ahad's all-time total is 138% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ahad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 879 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ahad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ahad's full recorded timeline at 2007, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 81 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ahad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Ahad by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (305 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Ahad's strongest decade.
305 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ahad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 115
1990s
115 births
- 2000s
2000s
178 births
- 2010s
2010s
276 births
- 2020s
2020s
305 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 305 births (35% of all-time use).
How Ahad compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ahad's total volume
Ahad by state
Where Ahad concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 95 | 10.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 93 | 10.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 26 | 3.0% |
| #4 | California | | 24 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 20 | 2.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
95 of 879 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Ahads (95 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ahad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ahad draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.