Armin
Armin was given to 73 boys in 2025, #2,038 among boys’ names; 3,317 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,290 Americans named Armin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 9 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Armin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Armin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Armin is “a male given name from German or Latin.”
From German Armin, from Latin Arminius.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Armin?
#2,038 among boys’ names, 2025
Armin rose from #2,170 in 2015 to #2,038 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 32.9 to 42.7 per million.
84 babies in 2023, the peak
Armin peaked in 2023, when 84 boys were given it, #1,876 among boys’ names. The 73 births of 2025 are 87% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,038 | 42.7 |
| 2024 | 79 | #1,971 | 45.9 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,876 | 49.1 |
| 2022 | 78 | #1,965 | 44.7 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,095 | 39.4 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,469 | 30.1 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,216 | 35.1 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,234 | 33.6 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,154 | 34.0 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,028 | 36.9 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 63 | #2,170 | 32.9 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,231 | 31.2 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,365 | 28.0 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,518 | 25.8 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,663 | 23.7 |
| 2010 | 48 | #2,556 | 25.0 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,847 | 21.2 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,294 | 27.9 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,869 | 19.8 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,700 | 20.9 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,363 | 24.5 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,206 | 26.2 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,959 | 29.9 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,504 | 20.1 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,980 | 27.8 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,296 | 21.4 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,096 | 23.4 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,156 | 22.0 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 | 23.9 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,481 | 16.4 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,505 | 15.8 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,328 | 10.4 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,501 | 9.2 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,924 | 7.5 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,772 | 5.4 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,788 | 7.3 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,819 | 7.0 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,765 | 10.4 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,344 | 7.5 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,450 | 7.1 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,078 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,966 | 8.3 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,897 | 5.6 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,500 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,172 | 5.0 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,973 | 8.4 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,239 | 12.8 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,382 | 11.6 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,564 | 10.3 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,180 | 13.4 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,643 | 9.6 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,463 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,515 | 9.6 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,167 | 6.2 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,981 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,126 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,692 | 6.2 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,203 | 8.1 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,478 | 6.3 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,136 | 7.8 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,987 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,116 | 7.5 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,303 | 6.4 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,372 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,419 | 5.6 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,096 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,538 | 5.2 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,029 | 7.5 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,099 | 7.0 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,369 | 5.7 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,974 | 3.9 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,212 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,045 | 7.6 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,079 | 7.2 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,056 | 7.4 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,782 | 4.5 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,945 | 8.5 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,028 | 8.0 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,650 | 11.5 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,888 | 9.2 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,405 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,578 | 13.9 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,911 | 10.5 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,803 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,634 | 14.7 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,333 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,640 | 15.4 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,365 | 21.6 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,483 | 19.7 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,356 | 23.1 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,762 | 15.4 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,267 | 27.1 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,161 | 32.3 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,652 | 18.2 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,698 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,301 | 27.3 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,483 | 22.3 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,126 | 35.2 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,323 | 27.5 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,725 | 18.0 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,227 | 30.5 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,059 | 39.7 |
| 1923 | 49 | #993 | 44.7 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,338 | 27.6 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,200 | 32.7 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 | 34.8 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,324 | 29.6 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,063 | 40.5 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,132 | 37.8 |
| 1916 | 42 | #985 | 47.2 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,084 | 41.2 |
| 1914 | 38 | #884 | 58.0 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,113 | 41.0 |
| 1912 | 22 | #972 | 51.2 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,756 | 22.1 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,260 | 37.6 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,043 | 44.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Armin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Armin has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 117 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Armin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Armin, and how old are they?
2,290 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 3,317 Americans ever recorded as Armin. The median Armin alive today is 20 years old; half are between 9 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 3,615 people named Armin (121 women and girls, 3,494 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,976 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 60 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 164 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 217 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 250 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 740 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 862 |
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 Armin born?
The states with the most babies named Armin are California, Texas and Illinois, with 85% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 15 | #1,249 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 8 | #1,919 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,298 | 0.6× |
| New York | 5 | #1,782 | 0.3× |
Where Armin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Armin is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 2.5 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 Armin 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 17,541 babies since 1880, Armin is the fourth most given (19% of them). In 2025 it was given to 73 of their 466 babies (16%), again the fourth 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 Armin
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 Armin and names like it
- Compare Armin and ArmanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sArmin peaked in 2023.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Armin since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Armin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Armin.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Armin alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.