Boys' name · since 1977
Ahman
232 babies named Ahman in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,952 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ahman currently ranks #9952 among boys' names in America, with 232 babies recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahman has been recorded 232 times among boys since 1977, currently ranked #9952 nationally and more common than 29% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #12,085 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,952 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 232 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahman ranks #12,085 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,952 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 232 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,952 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ahman's 232 recorded births place it above 73.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ahman compares
232 40th percentile among 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
Ahman's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ahman | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 232 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ahman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ahman splits its recorded history at 2004: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ahman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Ahman by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (144 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Ahman's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Ahman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 144 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ahman's data
- Ahman's decade-level peak was the 2000s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Ahman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Ahman 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.