# Armando (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/armando/  
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 | 76,887 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 76,515 / 372 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 206, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 12 | 5,942 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6,696 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,097 |
| 1990 | 12 | 6,903 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7,469 |
| 1992 | 17 | 5,502 |
| 1993 | 14 | 6,299 |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,711 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,832 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13,723 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,345 |
| 1999 | 8 | 10,437 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,385 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15,710 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17,840 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 881 | 343 |
| 2012 | 822 | 367 |
| 2013 | 758 | 396 |
| 2014 | 775 | 399 |
| 2015 | 750 | 416 |
| 2016 | 682 | 452 |
| 2017 | 608 | 480 |
| 2018 | 611 | 477 |
| 2019 | 549 | 520 |
| 2020 | 580 | 502 |
| 2021 | 515 | 554 |
| 2022 | 541 | 548 |
| 2023 | 513 | 572 |
| 2024 | 518 | 565 |
| 2025 | 538 | 556 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 1,801 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Armando

- Armando Guebuza, 3rd President of Mozambique
- Armando Sadiku, Albanian footballer
- Armando Broja, Albanian-English association football player
- Armando Obispo, Dutch-Curaçaoan footballer (born 1999)
- Armando Peraza, Cuban percussionist (1924-2014)
- Armando Tobar, Chilean footballer (1938-2016)
- Armando Vajushi, Albanian footballer
- Armando Estrada, American professional wrestler and manager
- Armando Martínez, Cuban boxer
- Armando Hart Dávalos, Cuban politician (1930-2017)
- Armando Bó, Argentinian screenwriter and director
- Armando Valladares, American diplomat and former Cuban prisoner

## 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.