The first name Armas
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Armas at birth, 1880–2025
In 1925, 5 boys born in the United States were named Armas, the 4,236th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 15 were.
72
babies named Armas since 1880
#4,236
rank in 1925
1917
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Armas
12 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Armas ToivonenFinnish athletics competitor (born 1899)
- Armas TaipaleAthletics competitor (1890-1976)
- Armas LaunisFinnish composer (1884–1959)
- Armas JärnefeltFinnish composer and conductor (1869–1958)
- Armas LindgrenFinnish architect (1874–1929)
- Armas Otto VäisänenFinnish ethnographer (1890-1969)
- Armas ÄikiäFinnish writer (1904-1965)
- Eino LeinoFinnish poet and journalist (1878–1926)
- Edvin LaineFinnish film director (1905–1989)
- Aarne ArvonenFinnish supercentenarian (1897–2009)
- Aarne SaarinenFinnish politician (1913-2004)
- Lauri IhalainenFinnish politician, born 1947
Questions
- When was Armas most popular?
- 1917 in the United States, when 15 babies were named Armas, its highest rank at 1,992nd.
- Is Armas also a surname?
- Yes. Armas is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.