Ahmet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-MET
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Ahmet is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “most praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Ahmet mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Ahmad
“most praiseworthy”
The Turkish form of Ahmad, a name of the Prophet Muhammad from the same root as Muhammad.
Is Ahmet a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahmet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahmet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Ahmet, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ahmet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Ahmet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 22 | #842 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Ahmet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Ahmet, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer boys named Ahmet than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Ahmet in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahmet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Names like Ahmet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Hamza Musa Amir Zayd Umar Azaan Mustafa Arham Zayan Zayaan
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, “Ahmet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahmet, updated 20 October 2026.