Amjad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AM-jad
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Amjad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “most glorious, noblest”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Amjad mean?
Arabic
“most glorious, noblest”
From the Arabic root m-j-d, glory, the same root as Majid.
Is Amjad a girl's or a boy's name?
Amjad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amjad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Amjad, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amjad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Amjad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Amjad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Amjad, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Amjad in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amjad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Amjad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Zayd, Hamza, Musa, Ahad, Amir, Umar, Mustafa, Fahad, Khalid
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, “Amjad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amjad, updated 20 October 2026.