MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ahmad mean?
Aḥmad is an Arabic comparative praise form, sharing the ḥ-m-d root with Muhammad while keeping a different grammatical pattern. Hamid and Mahmud share the Arabic praise root with Ahmad.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अहमद
Conventional spelling
Arabic
أحمد
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ahmad in Indian usage
98,703 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (90.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 9,506 records (9.6%).
- Recorded as male: 89,197 records (90.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,114 |
| 1940s | 6,007 |
| 1950s | 10,894 |
| 1960s | 15,710 |
| 1970s | 19,694 |
| 1980s | 26,223 |
| 1990s | 17,531 |
| Other decades | 530 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 41,727 |
| Maharashtra | 22,311 |
| Bihar | 15,984 |
| Jharkhand | 4,417 |
| Rajasthan | 4,132 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,987 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,506 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,390 |
| Haryana | 1,203 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 696 |
| Kerala | 441 |
| Delhi | 307 |
| Gujarat | 115 |
| Manipur | 104 |
| Goa | 102 |
| Other states | 281 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Ahmad / M | 229 | 218 |
| Scotland | Ahmad / M | 10 | 333 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Ahmad (Q406294) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Ahmad (Q48980148) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Given-name entry (Wiktionary): Ahmad ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ahmad; Table_6, C223 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ahmad; Table_6, C223
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ahmad; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ahmad; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
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