Boys' name · since 1971
Amjad
Amjad has 603 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,266 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 603
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
603 babies have been named Amjad since 1971, making it today's #5266 boys' name.
Amjad has 603 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5266 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,047 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,266 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 603 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amjad ranks #7,047 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,266 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 603 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,266 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 603
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amjad's 603 recorded births place it above 84.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Amjad compares
603 Top 41% higher than 59% 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
Amjad's all-time total is 63% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amjad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 603 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Amjad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amjad's full recorded timeline at 2001, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amjad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Amjad by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (169 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Amjad's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Amjad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s
2010s
169 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 169 births (28% of all-time use).
How Amjad 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 Amjad's total volume
Amjad by state
Where Amjad concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
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What to do with Amjad's data
- Amjad's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (169 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Amjads (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois 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 Amjad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Amjad 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.