Ahmed
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, variant of Ahmad. Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Ahmed (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ahmed has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 51 |
| 1999 | 58 |
| 2000 | 62 |
| 2001 | 54 |
| 2002 | 51 |
| 2003 | 46 |
| 2004 | 47 |
| 2005 | 64 |
| 2006 | 47 |
| 2007 | 56 |
| 2008 | 65 |
| 2009 | 63 |
| 2010 | 76 |
| 2011 | 72 |
| 2012 | 85 |
| 2013 | 86 |
| 2014 | 94 |
| 2015 | 105 |
| 2016 | 89 |
| 2017 | 87 |
| 2018 | 78 |
| 2019 | 84 |
| 2020 | 60 |
| 2021 | 52 |
| 2022 | 62 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11 | 2,016 |
| 2000 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2,254 |
| 2002 | 11 | 2,382 |
| 2003 | 12 | 2,487 |
| 2004 | 13 | 2,598 |
| 2005 | 16 | 2,696 |
| 2006 | 17 | 2,996 |
| 2007 | 14 | 3,422 |
| 2008 | 14 | 3,873 |
| 2009 | 17 | 4,354 |
| 2010 | 17 | 4,749 |
| 2011 | 17 | 5,045 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,426 |
| 2013 | 13 | 5,971 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,413 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,808 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,544 |
| 2017 | 16 | 8,111 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,467 |
| 2019 | 14 | 8,739 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,846 |
Ahmed in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ahmed.Hi! My name is Ahmed.
- Har du träffat Ahmed? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Ahmed? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Ahmed i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ahmed this afternoon.
- Ahmeds mamma är lärare.Ahmed's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ahmeds mamma is Ahmed's mum.
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Questions about Ahmed
How do you pronounce Ahmed in Swedish?
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What does the name Ahmed mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, variant of Ahmad. Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).
How popular is Ahmed in Sweden?
62 babies were named Ahmed in 2022. In 2020, 8,858 people in Sweden had Ahmed as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2015 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.