boy's name

Armin

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,432

Northern Ireland

#408

2011 births

Armin is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 73 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2023, when 84 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 45,417 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1893.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Armin over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

575
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Armin by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 5
1900s 5
1910s 268
1920s 345
1930s 229
1940s 152
1950s 126
1960s 126
1970s 164
1980s 137
1990s 272
2000s 478
2010s 575
2020s (to 2025) 435

How popular is Armin?

In 2025, Armin was given to 73 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Armin is used

Northern Ireland #408 3 in 2011
Ireland #902 3 in 2022
Canada #1,053 24 in 2024
England & Wales #1,950 13 in 2025
United States #2,046 73 in 2025
France #2,055 15 in 2025

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 Armin

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

Parents who like Armin also like

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

Armin in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Dutch
Herman
German
Herman
Polish
Herman
Ukrainian
Herman
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Armine

Sibling names for Armin

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

Common questions about Armin

How popular is the name Armin?

In 2025, Armin was given to 73 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Armin is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Armin?

Armin has 2 syllables.

When was Armin most popular?

Armin peaked in 2023, when 84 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Armin a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Armin currently ranks #1,053 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.