# Armen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/armen/  
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 | 2,144 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,139 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 5 | 5,020 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,832 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,139 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,194 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,904 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,414 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,446 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,608 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,236 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,353 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,820 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,024 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,696 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,060 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,336 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,134 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Armen

- Armen Sarkissian, 4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Armenian, Soviet, Russian actor (1935-2020)
- Armen Alchian, American economist of Armenian descent
- Armen Darbinyan, Armenian politician
- Armen Gilliam, American basketball player (1964–2011)
- Armen Tigranian, Armenian composer and conductor (1879–1950)
- Armen Shahgeldyan, Armenian footballer
- Armen Nazaryan, Armenian judoka
- Armen Martirosyan, Armenian triple jumper
- Armen Ambartsumyan, Bulgarian footballer
- Armen Harutyunyan, Armenian activist
- Armen Dorian, Armenian contributing editor and writer (1892-1915)

## 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.