Ahmar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-mar
- Origin
- Arabic
Ahmar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “red”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ahmar mean?
Arabic: Arabic word
“red”
Is Ahmar a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahmar is a boys' name.
How popular is Ahmar in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Ahmar in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahmar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Ahmar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Ahmir Amir Hamza Ammar Umar Zamir Zayd Abdullah Muhammad Musa Nasir
Names related to Ahmar
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, “Ahmar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahmar, updated 20 October 2026.