Armour — boys' name
189 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.
37% of everyone ever named Armour was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Armour in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Armour
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Armour between 1907 and 2021, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Armour currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Armour performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Armour shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Armour in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 189 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Armour at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Armour popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1907
- Peak year (1917)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
189 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 14 births in a single year.
Armour by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 70 births that decade — 37% of Armour's all-time total
Armour decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Armour's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1907–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.