Ahmaud — #6334 US boys' name
311 babies named Ahmaud in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Ahmaud was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Ahmaud in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ahmaud
The Social Security Administration has registered 311 babies named Ahmaud between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ahmaud currently holds the #6334 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ahmaud performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ahmaud shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ahmaud in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ahmaud 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 311 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.
Ahmaud at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ahmaud popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #6334 among boys.
311 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 27 births in a single year.
Ahmaud by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 104 births that decade — 33% of Ahmaud's all-time total
Ahmaud decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ahmaud's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Ahmaud by state
Where Ahmaud concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 11 | 3.5% |
11 of 311 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.