Recorded 1989–2011 Boys' name Peak 2004 63 births

Ahamed — boys' name

63 babies named Ahamed in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s202000s242010s14
2000s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Ahamed was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

12 babies were named Ahamed in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ahamed

The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Ahamed between 1989 and 2011, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ahamed currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ahamed performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ahamed shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ahamed in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 63 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Ahamed at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

63

Since 1989

23 years of records

Peak year

2004

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1989

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2011

Ahamed popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1989

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2004)
12
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
468101214 201120102009200420011999199819961989 5

Ahamed by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
24 births that decade — 38% of Ahamed's all-time total
1980s51990s202000s242010s14

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ahamed?
63 babies have been named Ahamed since 1989. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2004 with 12 births.
When was Ahamed most popular?
Ahamed was most popular in the 2000s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Ahamed been used?
Ahamed has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 23 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Ahamed?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aharon, Ahaan, Ahad, Ahan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.