Ahmaud
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-mahd
- Origin
- Arabic
Ahmaud is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “most praiseworthy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ahmaud mean?
Arabic: American spelling of Ahmad
“most praiseworthy”
An American spelling of Ahmad, a name of the Prophet Muhammad that appears in the Quran.
Is Ahmaud a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahmaud is a boys' name.
How popular is Ahmaud in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Ahmaud in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahmaud in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Ahmaud
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Zahir Hamza Muhammad Ahmir Abdullah Amir Musa Zamir Ahad Zayan Asad
Names related to Ahmaud
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, “Ahmaud: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahmaud, updated 20 October 2026.