Given name & surname · also German
Amen
Amen is a surname from German, ultimately from Arabic.
Original GermanAmmann
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Amen comes from German, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Amen as a surname developed from AMMANN.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,161
- 1,259 boys · 902 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 153 babies
- 2025
- 110
- #2,036 for boys · #3,909 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 54% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 73 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,036 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 79 in 2019. It also appeared in 37 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,621 as a first name in 2020; 1,841 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amen’s family of names
In English usage, Amen as a surname developed from the German form AMMANN. In English usage, Amen as a surname has a related form in Amin. In English usage, Amen as a surname has a related form in أمين.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Amen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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