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Amen

#2,036 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Amon

Amen has been given to 2,161 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #2,036 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 79 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% boys, 42% girls all-time.

Babies named Amen, 2025

1 in 45,400

Amen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Amen over time

In 2025, Amen went to 34% girls and 66% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Amen: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Amon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amen means

Amen is a variant of Amon.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Amen → Amon. The family’s meaning is “the hidden one”, recorded in the naming reference for Amon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,259 boys were recorded with the name Amen between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 79 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,871 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,140 in 2020 to #2,036 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,871 in 2015 to #2,036 in 2025.

In the United States, 902 girls were recorded with the name Amen between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 82 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,197 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,197 in 2020 to #3,908 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,180 in 2015 to #3,908 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Amen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 45,400
73 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 23,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,036
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,479 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,479 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amen was born before 2017 — so the typical Amen is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,259
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.1% of all recorded uses (568).

Is Amen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+99
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+104
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−165
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.94×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
92.4%
Peak was 2019 (79)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,871
2015

Spellings of Amen

Amen is not the most common spelling — James is, with 62.3% against Amen's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Amen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Amen was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 1,818 boys, against 1 in 17,984 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

155 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 1,818
  2. 2Maryland1 in 5,556
  3. 3Washington1 in 6,667
  4. 4Virginia1 in 7,143
  5. 5Georgia1 in 16,667
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 16,667
  7. 7Texas1 in 20,000
  8. 8Oregon1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Amen is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Amen was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 1,852 girls, against 1 in 17,971 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 50,000).

254 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 1,852
  2. 2Maryland1 in 4,348
  3. 3Washington1 in 5,556
  4. 4Virginia1 in 9,091
  5. 5Georgia1 in 10,000
  6. 6Colorado1 in 12,500
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 20,000
  8. 8Nevada1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Amen around the world

Where Amen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #1,705
    in 2025
  • France
    1996–2025
    #2,154
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #857
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Amen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,036
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 104
Best rank ever
#1,871
2015
Peak year
2019
79 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,259
Count in 2025
73

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,908
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,711
Best rank ever
#2,197
2020
Peak year
2020
82 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
902
Count in 2025
37

Names similar to Amen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AmerAmesAmelAmereAmeenAmeirAmelioAmeerArmenAmeyaDamenAymenAmeliaRomenKamenAmericoYamenAmellZalmenAmedeoAmedJamenAmeriAmeris

Sibling names for Amen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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