Boys' name · since 1915
Armel
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 280 babies named Armel, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,001 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,491 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Armel currently ranks #6491 among boys' names in America, with 280 babies recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Armel recorded 280 times among boys since 1915, holding rank #6491 nationally today, ahead of 53% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #11,001 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,491 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 280 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armel ranks #11,001 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,491 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 280 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,001 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,491 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Armel's 280 recorded births place it above 75.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Armel compares
280 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Armel's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Armel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 280 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Armel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Armel splits its recorded history at 2006: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Armel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Armel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Armel's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Armel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 24
1920s
24 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 9
1950s
9 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Armel's data
- Armel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Armel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Armel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.