# Armand (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/armand/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,349 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,343 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 158, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 6 | 4,495 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 2,509 |
| 2012 | 54 | 2,358 |
| 2013 | 38 | 2,959 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,807 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,604 |
| 2016 | 41 | 2,887 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,197 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,850 |
| 2019 | 43 | 2,858 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,206 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,076 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,417 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,010 |
| 2024 | 31 | 3,613 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,852 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## People named Armand

- Armand Fallières, 9th president of France (1841–1931)
- Armand Guillaumin, French painter (1841-1927)
- Armand Assante, American actor
- Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French politician (1766-1822)
- Armand David, French Catholic priest, zoologist, and botanist (1826–1900)
- Armand Van Helden, American musician, DJ, record producer and composer
- Armand Salacrou, French dramatist (1899-1989)
- Armand Hammer, American businessman (1898–1990)
- Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, French soldier, diplomat and close personal aide to Napoleon Bonaparte (1773-1827)
- Armand Penverne, French association football player and manager (1926-2012)
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman (1907–1964)
- Armand Razafindratandra, Catholic cardinal (1925–2010)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.