Ahad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-HAD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #854 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Ahad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one; the One”. In 2025 it ranked 854th for boys in the UK (41 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Ahad mean?
Arabic
“one; the One”
Al-Ahad, 'the One', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Ahad a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 854th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were named Ahad, making it the 854th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 642nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 66 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ahad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 798th in England and Wales.
Ahad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #854 |
| 2024 | 66 | #634 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 57 | #681 |
| 2021 | 58 | #690 |
| 2020 | 61 | #642 |
| 2019 | 51 | #728 |
| 2018 | 41 | #850 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Ahad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Ahad, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Ahad in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Ahad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Zayd, Hamza, Musa, Fahad, Zayaan, Azaan, Zayan, Amir, Umar
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ahad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahad, updated 20 October 2026.