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Baby name
Ahmad
Boy
Origin of the name
Ahmad comes from Arabic, meaning “most praised.” It is one of the names of the Prophet Muhammad.
Classic name
20,348births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 386rank at its peak, in 2001
Where babies named Ahmad are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ahmad is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ahmad is most common in New Jersey (2.4 times), Louisiana (2.3) and Michigan (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Ahmed 17,282
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