During his career, Ahmed Ramy won a large number of awards and orders of merit. In 1965, he received the State Prize for Literature and was granted Intellectual Excellence Order by King Hassan II of Morocco. He won the State Order of Merit in literature in 1967. An honorary doctorate was given to him from the Academy of the Arts in 1976. He was granted a prestigious Lebanese order of merit, and the Paris-based Composers Association gave him a memorial plaque in recognition of his contributions.