# Ahmet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ahmet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 660 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 660 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 510, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,113 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,393 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,499 |
| 2014 | 32 | 3,376 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,024 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,883 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,749 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,553 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,826 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,709 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,346 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,022 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,531 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,666 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,693 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Ahmet

- Ahmet Necdet Sezer, 10th President of Turkey (born 1941)
- Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and statesperson (1869–1939)
- Ahmet Zappa, American musician
- Ahmet Hadžipašić, Bosnia and Herzegovina politician (1952-2008)
- Ahmet Kurt Pasha, Albanian noble
- Ahmet Engin, German association football player
- Ahmed I, 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1603–1617)
- Ahmed III, 23th Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1703–1730)
- Ahmed II, 21th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1691–1695)
- Zog I of Albania, Albanian prime minister, president and king (1895-1961) (r.1922-1939)
- Hüsamettin Cindoruk, 17th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
- Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi, Emir of Sicily since 954 to 969

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.