How rare is the name Aram?

3,834 people in the United States have the first name Aram, about 1 in 78,777. It ranks #4,737 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ARAM

#4,737

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,834
About
1 in 78,777
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,834 people named Aram, 73.4% reported their origin as White, 15.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 93.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aram peaked in 2024, when 111 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
111
In 2025*
91 ▼18%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,365 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aram by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,864. The largest share of babies named Aram, 31.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#4,62882
1920s#3,875169
1930s#5,04888
1940s#7,51740
1950s#6,12791
1960s#4,995158
1970s#4,558258
1980s#4,572326
1990s#4,962400
2000s#5,125539
2010s#4,537683
2020s#3,864531
Greatest Generation 1901–276.3%
Silent Generation 1928–454.6%
Baby boom 1946–645.1%
Generation X 1965–8011.3%
Millennials 1981–9616.6%
Generation Z 1997–1224.6%
2013 and later31.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aram is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aram has been most common in California (7.1×), Massachusetts (1.6×), and Texas (1.6×), and least common in New York (0.85×).

1,440 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Aram

2 other first names also have 3,834 people.

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aram, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Aram ranks #63,263 of 156,621, with 341 people. See Aram as a last name

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