Armon
Masculine · “citadel”
Armon is a citadel in Hebrew — armon, the fortified palace, the word used in the Psalms for a stronghold.
How old is the name Armon?
Armon first appears in US birth records in 1902 — 123 years ago. The typical Armon alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 3,400 people named Armon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Armon most popular?
Armon peaked in 1998, reaching #1080 nationally. Today it ranks #1867, 787 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
Where it comes from
From armon to Armon
The story of Armon
Armon belongs to the wave of modern Hebrew names built on biblical vocabulary rather than biblical people. Separately, Armand is the French form of the Germanic Herman, and Armon appears as its American respelling. Both routes brought it to America, where it appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
citadel, palace
From the Hebrew armon, 'palace' or 'citadel', a word used repeatedly in the prophets and Psalms for a fortified great house. A second route treats Armon as a variant of Armand, from the Germanic hard and man. Both are in circulation; the Hebrew word is ordinary and undisputed.
How the name formed
- armon
- Armon
Related forms: ארמון · Armand · Armond
Pronouncing Armon
AR-mun
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew armon places the stress on the second, ar-MOHN.
Nicknames for Armon
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
- 1902
- Most boys named
- 2023143 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1080reached in 1998
- Change vs 2023
- −41.3%84 in 2025, from 143
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.
Armon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ארמון in Hebrew — transliteration
- Armand in French — related form
- Armond in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia, Texas, Florida.
Armons among us
people named Armon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 20,334 born in 2025 was named Armon
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 Gareth test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Armon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gareth climbed just as high around 1970, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gareth's path sketches the road Armon is walking now.
Armon 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 Armon is headed
Armon looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 20% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Armon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Armon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The citadel meaning is concrete and undisputed for the Hebrew route.
- Two genuine traditions can claim it, Hebrew and French.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The origin is genuinely split between unrelated languages.
- Armani and Armand are close enough to cause confusion.
- The stress placement differs between Hebrew and English readings.
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Masculine · #1867 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Armons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,400 people named Armon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Armon in 2025?
- Armon ranks #1867 among US boy names in 2025, with 84 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Armon?
- About 1 in every 20,334 US boys born in 2025 was named Armon — 84 in all.
- Will my child share the name Armon with classmates?
- Armon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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