Boys' name · since 1997
Amaad
Amaad has 72 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,601 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amaad sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 72 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amaad has been recorded 72 times among boys since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2018.
- #19,601 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 72 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amaad ranks #19,601 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,601 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amaad's 72 recorded births place it above 56.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amaad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amaad's full recorded timeline at 2009, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amaad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2018
- Peak year (2002)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2018.
72 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 9 births in a single year.
Amaad by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (35 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Amaad's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Amaad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (49% of all-time use).
Amaad decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amaad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1997–2018 (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 Amaad 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.
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