Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Armen isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Armen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,144
- 2,139 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #3,134 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,134 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 47 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (28). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,182 as a first name in 2020; 218 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.
Armen’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Armen is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Արմեն. In Armenian usage, Armen is a transliteration of Արմեն. In Greek usage, Armen as a surname is a transliteration of Άρμεν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Armen
- Armen Sarkissian4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors of Eurasia House, physicist, diplomat, politician (born 1953)
- Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmenian, Soviet, Russian actor (1935-2020)
- Armen TakhtajanSoviet-Armenian botanist (1910-2009)
- Armen NazaryanOlympic wrestlerborn 1974
- Armen AlchianAmerican economist of Armenian descent1914–2013
- Armen VardanyanOlympic wrestlerborn 1982
- Armen MkrtchyanOlympic wrestlerborn 1973
- Armen BagdasarovUzbek judokaborn 1972
- Armen DarbinyanArmenian politicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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