How rare is the name Armando?

102,571 people in the United States have the first name Armando, about 1 in 2,945. It ranks #545 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARMANDO

#545

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
102,571
About
1 in 2,945
This common or more
60.1%
Who bears it

Of the 102,571 people named Armando, 93.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% as White and 1.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Armando peaked in 1997, when 1,512 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
1997
Births that year
1,512
In 2025*
538 ▼64%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 76,887 babies have been given the name since 1906. 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.

Armando by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #440. The largest share of babies named Armando, 26.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#3,59420
1910s#1,132911
1920s#8702,093
1930s#8481,961
1940s#7743,105
1950s#6625,791
1960s#6706,350
1970s#5348,691
1980s#47610,519
1990s#44013,772
2000s#50713,074
2010s#8327,395
2020s#1,1133,205
Greatest Generation 1901–273.3%
Silent Generation 1928–455%
Baby boom 1946–6413.8%
Generation X 1965–8016.9%
Millennials 1981–9624.5%
Generation Z 1997–1226.1%
2013 and later10.3%

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 Armando is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Armando has been most common in Arizona (4.2×), Texas (4×), and New Mexico (3.9×), and least common in Louisiana (0.03×).

73,159 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Armando ranks #37,718 of 156,621, with 634 people. See Armando as a last name

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