girl's name

Arma

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 612

Arma is a girl's name. In 1969 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1946, when 33 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1906.

Arma over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1960s.

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Births named Arma by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 6
1910s 29
1920s 94
1930s 118
1940s 160
1950s 148
1960s 51

How popular is Arma?

In 1969, Arma was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Arma is used

England & Wales #5,701 3 in 2025
United States #7,575 5 in 1969

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Arma

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Arma also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Arma over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Arma

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Arma — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Arma

How popular is the name Arma?

In 1969, Arma was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Arma a girl's or a boy's name?

Arma is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Arma most popular?

Arma peaked in 1946, when 33 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Arma a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Arma currently ranks #5,701 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.