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Ahmed

“Variant of Ahmad — Most praiseworthy” — Arabic, Persian origin

Boy's name · #703 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Ahmed has appeared in US records since 1929 — best rank #490 (2000) · 17,282 babies named Ahmed all-time · 1 in 4,500 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #4 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024) · #28 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #92 in Slovenia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ahmeds

• Ahmed al-Sharaa — President of Syria since 2025
• Ahmed Zewail — Egyptian chemist
• Ahmed I — 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1603–1617)
• Ahmed Shahe Durrani — founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772)
• Ahmed III — 23th Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1703–1730)

In stories & tradition

• Ahmed Nurudin — Death and the Dervish
• Ahmed — One Thousand and One Nights
• Ahmed Turt-el — Michelangelo, the Sacred Turtle

What Ahmeds become

Among 3,052 notable people named Ahmed:

Athletes appear 1.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ahmed Musa, Nigerian association football player.

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