Armen
Masculine · “Armenian”
Armen is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,139 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Armen is an Armenian name that carries the country inside it — it is, in effect, the word Armenian used as a personal name. It reached American records in quantity in the twentieth century and has been in continuous use in the diaspora since.
How old is the name Armen?
Armen first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Armen alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 1,700 people named Armen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Armen most popular?
Armen peaked in 1929, reaching #1611 nationally. Today it ranks #3128, 1,517 places below that high. See the whole 1929 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Armina to Armen
The story of Armen
Armenians call themselves Hay and their country Hayastan; Armenia is what everyone else has called them since the Achaemenid inscriptions. Armen turns that outside name into a first name, in the same way that Roman and Norman work in English. It became common in the twentieth century, sits alongside Armenak and Armine, and traveled with Armenian families to Russia, France, Lebanon and the United States.
Meaning
Armenian, of Armenia
The deeper origin of the country's own name is not settled: the traditional Armenian account traces it to the ancestor-figure Aram, while the form Armina appears in Old Persian royal inscriptions.
How the name formed
- Armina
- Armen
Related forms: Armenak · Армен · Armine
Pronouncing Armen
ar-MEN
Stress on the second syllable in Armenian; English speakers often move it to the first, AR-men.
Nicknames for Armen
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
- 1914
- Most boys named
- 200747 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1611reached in 1929
- Change vs 2023
- −5.0%38 in 2025, from 40
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.
Armen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Armenak in Armenian — related form
- Армен in Russian — transliteration
- Armine in Armenian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Armens among us
people named Armen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 44,949 born in 2025 was named Armen
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 Meade test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Armen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Meade climbed just as high around 1914, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Meade's path sketches the road Armen is walking now.
Armen 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 Armen is headed
Armen should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Armen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Armen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Short, two syllables, and needs no spelling out for English speakers.
- It states a heritage plainly without being difficult for anyone outside it.
- A century of documented use in the diaspora, so it is neither new nor archaic.
- It is read as a statement of origin, which is exactly the point for some families and more than others want.
- The stress moves in English, and Armin, Arman and Armand are all near enough to cause confusion.
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Frequently asked
- How many Armens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Armen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Armen in 2025?
- Armen ranks #3128 among US boy names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Armen?
- About 1 in every 44,949 US boys born in 2025 was named Armen — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Armen with classmates?
- Armen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Armen
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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