Boys' name · since 1981
Ahsan
904 babies named Ahsan in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,749 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 904
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ahsan currently ranks #2749 among boys' names in America, with 904 babies recorded since 1981.
Ahsan has 904 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2749 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #5,479 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,749 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 904 born since 1981
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahsan ranks #5,479 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,749 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 904 born since 1981, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,749 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 904
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ahsan's 904 recorded births place it above 87.93% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Ahsan compares
904 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Ahsan's all-time total is 145% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ahsan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 904 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ahsan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ahsan splits its recorded history at 2005: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 61 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ahsan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Ahsan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (306 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Ahsan's strongest decade.
306 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Ahsan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
149 births
- 2000s
2000s
175 births
- 2010s
2010s
228 births
- 2020s
2020s
306 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 306 births (34% of all-time use).
How Ahsan 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 Ahsan's total volume
Ahsan by state
Where Ahsan concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 97 | 10.7% |
| #2 | California | | 18 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
97 of 904 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Ahsan appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Ahsans (97 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ahsan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Ahsan 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.