Armand
Armand was given to 28 boys in 2025, #3,851 among boys’ names; 15,349 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,650 Americans named Armand and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 28 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Armand by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Armand mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Armand is “a male given name”
Cognate to English Herman and German Hermann, possibly also to German Hartmann.
/aʁ.mɑ̃/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Armand?
#3,851 among boys’ names, 2025
Armand fell from #2,603 in 2015 to #3,851 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 24.5 to 16.4 per million.
351 babies in 1918, the peak
Armand peaked in 1918, when 351 boys were given it, #291 among boys’ names. The 28 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,851 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,611 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,009 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,415 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,075 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,204 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,857 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,849 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,196 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,886 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | #2,603 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,805 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,957 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,508 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,635 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,405 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 80 | #1,826 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,977 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,970 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 90 | #1,552 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,602 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,609 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,411 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,364 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,186 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 139 | #1,005 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 133 | #1,015 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 158 | #877 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 136 | #949 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 138 | #943 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 99 | #1,136 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,223 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 119 | #984 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 115 | #993 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 106 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 108 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 102 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 87 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 86 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 95 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 84 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,152 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 75 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 74 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 70 | #977 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 80 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 95 | #826 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 70 | #911 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 77 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 98 | #742 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 79 | #819 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 93 | #764 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 94 | #779 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 96 | #779 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 100 | #762 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 104 | #754 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 99 | #766 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 128 | #673 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 117 | #692 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 125 | #680 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 154 | #607 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 136 | #637 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 142 | #618 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 133 | #622 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 139 | #593 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 139 | #584 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 166 | #518 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 160 | #526 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 172 | #503 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 165 | #527 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 155 | #516 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 137 | #512 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 156 | #487 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 174 | #469 | 0.12 |
| 1942 | 179 | #464 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 168 | #455 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 144 | #480 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 168 | #441 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 165 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 189 | #412 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 210 | #377 | 0.20 |
| 1935 | 167 | #435 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 199 | #388 | 0.19 |
| 1933 | 178 | #405 | 0.18 |
| 1932 | 209 | #386 | 0.20 |
| 1931 | 221 | #376 | 0.21 |
| 1930 | 243 | #367 | 0.22 |
| 1929 | 263 | #346 | 0.24 |
| 1928 | 300 | #323 | 0.27 |
| 1927 | 282 | #347 | 0.25 |
| 1926 | 247 | #370 | 0.22 |
| 1925 | 289 | #343 | 0.26 |
| 1924 | 320 | #326 | 0.28 |
| 1923 | 330 | #317 | 0.30 |
| 1922 | 307 | #331 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 298 | #342 | 0.27 |
| 1920 | 325 | #323 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 260 | #356 | 0.27 |
| 1918 | 351 | #291 | 0.35 |
| 1917 | 267 | #335 | 0.29 |
| 1916 | 240 | #348 | 0.27 |
| 1915 | 217 | #366 | 0.26 |
| 1914 | 205 | #316 | 0.31 |
| 1913 | 146 | #340 | 0.28 |
| 1912 | 129 | #332 | 0.30 |
| 1911 | 58 | #364 | 0.26 |
| 1910 | 38 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 45 | #349 | 0.27 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 | 0.22 |
| 1907 | 30 | #418 | 0.20 |
| 1906 | 28 | #412 | 0.21 |
| 1905 | 29 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1904 | 9 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 14 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 20 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 16 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 16 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 11 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,007 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 6 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 10 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 10 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 7 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 7 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 6 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 6 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 9 | #633 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 7 | #764 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 5 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 6 | #857 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 8 | #681 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 6 | #819 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Armand a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Armand has been given almost only to boys: 6 girls in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Armand: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Armand, and how old are they?
6,650 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 15,349 Americans ever recorded as Armand. The median Armand alive today is 45 years old; half are between 28 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 8,191 people named Armand (24 women and girls, 8,167 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,338 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Armand rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 591 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,050 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,370 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 493 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Armand born?
The states with the most babies named Armand are Massachusetts, New York and California, with 47% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2,220 | not ranked | 4.7× |
| New York | 1,604 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 1,350 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 832 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Rhode Island | 718 | not ranked | 8.4× |
| New Hampshire | 714 | not ranked | 11.1× |
| Maine | 633 | not ranked | 6.6× |
| Connecticut | 480 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Illinois | 397 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 392 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Armand is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Armand is most over-represented in New Hampshire: since 1910 it was given 11.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Armand with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 19,765 babies since 1880, Armand is the most given (78% of them). In 2025 it was given to 28 of their 46 babies (61%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Armand
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Armand and names like it
- Compare Armand and ArmondBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sArmand peaked in 1918.
- Massachusetts’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Armand since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Armand: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Armand.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Armand alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.