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Solid line = floor (spellings that unambiguously belong to the group). Shaded band up to the dashed edge = ceiling (the most it could reach if every ambiguous spelling counted here).
Ahmed
Ahmed climbed for decades and has been a steadily popular name ever since. All-time it's been given to 17,282 U.S. babies, the 1,202nd most common name by sound today, peaking at 590 in 2015, with 382 in 2025.
Ahmed has no common alternate spellings by sound.
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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, “National data” baby-names files (1880–2025).