# Armin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/armin/  
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 | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,317 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,317 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 291, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From German Armin, from Latin Arminius.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,664 |
| 2012 | 49 | 2,519 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,366 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,233 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,170 |
| 2016 | 70 | 2,028 |
| 2017 | 63 | 2,155 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,235 |
| 2019 | 63 | 2,217 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,470 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,096 |
| 2022 | 78 | 1,966 |
| 2023 | 84 | 1,876 |
| 2024 | 79 | 1,971 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,038 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## In other languages

- French: Armin
- German: Armin
- Hungarian: Ármin
- Latin: Arminius

## People named Armin

- Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer (born 1976)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor (born 1930)
- Armin Meiwes, German cannibal
- Armin Gigović, Bosnian-Swedish association football player
- Armin T. Wegner, German pacifist, writer and poet (1886–1978)
- Armin Veh, German association football player and manager
- Armin Shimerman, American actor (born 1949)
- Armin Hodžić, Bosnian footballer
- Armin Rohde, German actor (born 1955)
- Armin Kogler, Austrian former ski jumper
- Armin Otto Leuschner, American astronomer (1868–1953)
- Armin Joseph Deutsch, American astronomer (1918-1969)

## 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.