Boys' name · since 1914

Armen

2,139 babies named Armen in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#3,164 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#3,139 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
2,139
born since 1914
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Armen is the #3139 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 2,139 recorded since 1914.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armen has been recorded 2,139 times among boys since 1914, currently ranked #3139 nationally and more common than 77% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.

  • #3,164 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #3,139 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 2,139 born since 1914
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armen ranks #3,164 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,139 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,139 born since 1914, peaking in the 2000s.

#3,164 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#3,139 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
2,139
born since 1914
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%77.4%
Armen vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Armen's 2,139 recorded births place it above 93.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Armen compares

2,139 Top 21% higher than 79% of 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

Armen's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Armen Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 2,139 369 358,536
Peak-year births 47 34 22,252

Armen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Armen's SSA record in two at 1971 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 47, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Armen popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2007)
47
Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
01020304050 191419281945195919731987200120152025 38

Armen popularity over time - girls

5 total births recorded since 1920 (Armen as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 5 births
5 1920 5

Armen by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (376 births, 18% of the file).

2000s was Armen's strongest decade.

376 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.

Armen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 376 births (18% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Armen compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Armen's total volume

Armen vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -109, 3.5%-135, 6.5%-44, 13.5%-62, 3.6%-74, 5%-43, 5.4%-44, 5.2%-68, 3.7%-64, 5.4%-113, 2.9%-33, 7.6%-33, 6.2%-114, 10.9%-56, 3.8%-115, 2.1%Armen-112, 2.2%Armen
Armen vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Armen by state

Where Armen concentrates geographically, total births since 1914

Regionally concentrated
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Armen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
976 45.6%
#2 New York
11 0.5%
#3 Massachusetts
5 0.2%
#4 Pennsylvania
5 0.2%
California share of Armen's total US births 45.6%
Even split

976 of 2,139 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Armen?
2,139 babies have been named Armen since 1914. All-time, it sits at #3,164 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #3,139 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2007 with 47 births.
Where does Armen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armen ranks #3,164 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,139 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Armen most popular?
Armen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 376 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Armen most popular?
The top states for the name Armen are California (976 births), New York (11 births), Massachusetts (5 births).
How long has the name Armen been used?
Armen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 112 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Armen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Armando, Armani, Armand, Arman, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Armen's data

  • Armen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (376 total births) through the 2020s (210) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Armens (976 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Armen

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Armen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1914–2025 (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 Armen 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.