Boys' name · since 1907
Armour
197 babies named Armour in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,050 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,948 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
197 babies have been named Armour since 1907, making it today's #8948 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Armour recorded 197 times among boys since 1907, holding rank #8948 nationally today, ahead of 36% of boys, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2025.
- #13,050 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,948 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 197 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armour ranks #13,050 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,948 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 197 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,050 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,948 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Armour's 197 recorded births place it above 71.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Armour compares
197 38th 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
Armour's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Armour | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 197 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Armour's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Armour splits its recorded history at 1924: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Armour popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 119 years of records
Armour by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (70 births, 36% of the file).
1920s was Armour's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Armour births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
68 births
- 1920s
1920s
70 births
- 1930s 22
1930s
22 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 70 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Armour's data
- Armour's decade-level peak was the 1920s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Armour: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~118 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, 1907–2025 (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 Armour 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.