Boys' name · since 1893
Armor
Since 1893, U.S. Social Security records show 98 babies named Armor, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,507 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,206 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 1893
- 2020s
- peak decade
98 babies have been named Armor since 1893, making it today's #7206 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Armor recorded 98 times among boys since 1893, holding rank #7206 nationally today, ahead of 48% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2025.
- #17,507 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,206 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 98 born since 1893
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armor ranks #17,507 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,206 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 98 born since 1893, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,507 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,206 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 1893
- 2020s
- peak decade
Armor's 98 recorded births place it above 61.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Armor compares
98 26th 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
Armor's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Armor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 98 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Armor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Armor's full recorded timeline at 2018, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1893, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Armor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
Armor by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Armor's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Armor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Armor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~132 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, 1893–2025 (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 Armor 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.