Amen
Feminine · “truly”
Amen is given to both — 902 girls and 1,259 boys since 1880. See Amen as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Amen is one of the most widely spoken words on earth — a Hebrew adverb meaning truly, used to affirm what someone else has said.
How old is the name Amen?
Amen first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Amen is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Amen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amen most popular?
Amen peaked in 2020, reaching #2196 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, 1,707 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Amen
Amen passed from Hebrew into Greek and Latin without translation, which is very rare — Christian liturgy kept the Hebrew word rather than rendering it — and Arabic uses it too. The Egyptian god Amun is an entirely separate word and the resemblance is a coincidence, though it has been remarked on for centuries. Its use as a given name is recent and appears in American records for both sexes.
Meaning
truly, so be it
From a Hebrew root meaning to be firm or reliable, the same root that gives the words for faith and for a craftsman's steadiness; saying amen means affirming that what was said stands. Greek, Latin, Arabic and English all took the word unchanged.
Pronouncing Amen
AH-men
Two syllables. Americans stress the second, ah-MEN; the Hebrew stresses it the same way.
Nicknames for Amen
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 202082 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2196reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −22.9%37 in 2025, from 48
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Amen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amen in Hebrew — same name
- Amin in Arabic — related form
- Amin in Greek — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: Washington, Maryland, Georgia.
Amens among us
people named Amen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Amen
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jennifier test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jennifier climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jennifier's path sketches the road Amen is walking now.
Amen sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Amen is headed
Amen is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Amen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that almost everyone in the world already knows.
- Four letters and two syllables, about as easy to write as a name gets.
- Recognized in Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin and English alike.
- It is a liturgical word said at the end of prayers, and using it as a name will draw comment.
- It is used for both sexes, so forms may guess wrong.
- The Egyptian god Amun is a separate word and the connection is a coincidence.
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Feminine · #3903 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Amens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Amen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Amen in 2025?
- Amen ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amen?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Amen — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amen with classmates?
- Amen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Amen
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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