Ahmaad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-mad
- Origin
- Arabic
Ahmaad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “most praiseworthy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ahmaad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ahmad
“most praiseworthy”
Ahmad is a name of the Prophet Muhammad, used in the Qur'an (61:6) and from the same root as Muhammad.
Meaning borrowed from Ahmad. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ahmaad a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahmaad is a boys' name.
How popular is Ahmaad in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Ahmaad in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahmaad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Ahmaad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Zahir Abdullah Amir Zayd Ahmir Asaad Musa Mustafa Ahad Fahad
Names related to Ahmaad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ahmaad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahmaad, updated 20 October 2026.