How rare is the name Armen?

4,182 people in the United States have the first name Armen, about 1 in 72,222. It ranks #4,456 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ARMEN

#4,456

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,182
About
1 in 72,222
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,182 people named Armen, 93.8% reported their origin as White, 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% as two or more races. 98% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Armen peaked in 2007, when 47 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
47
In 2025*
38 ▼19%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,144 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Armen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #4,522. The largest share of babies named Armen, 24.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#5,53056
1920s#4,522131
1930s#4,79397
1940s#5,77577
1950s#5,339118
1960s#5,648127
1970s#6,842136
1980s#5,308264
1990s#6,056299
2000s#6,499376
2010s#9,000253
2020s#7,151210
Greatest Generation 1901–277%
Silent Generation 1928–457.8%
Baby boom 1946–6410.1%
Generation X 1965–8010.6%
Millennials 1981–9621.5%
Generation Z 1997–1224.6%
2013 and later18.3%

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.

Exactly as common as Armen

2 other first names also have 4,182 people.

#4,456 Aide · 4,182#4,456 Emmeline · 4,182

Either side of Armen

#4,455 Rima · 4,183#4,456 Aide · 4,182#4,456 Emmeline · 4,182#4,459 Aleida · 4,179

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,687 Arman · 5,511#4,925 Armin · 3,615#6,782 Armon · 2,325#38,294 Armeen · 201#39,013 Armend · 195

Also a last name

As a last name, Armen ranks #90,848 of 156,621, with 218 people. See Armen as a last name

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