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Aramis

#3,662 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Valley

Aramis has been given to 2,449 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #3,662 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 77 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Aramis, 2025

1 in 111,000

Aramis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Aramis over time

In 2025, Aramis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19692025

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.

Aramis: meaning, origin, and history

Valley

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aramis means

Aramis means “valley”.

Origin, language, and formation

Aramis is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,253 boys were recorded with the name Aramis between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 77 in 2004; its best national rank was #1,400 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,587 in 2020 to #3,662 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,602 in 2015 to #3,662 in 2025.

In the United States, 196 girls were recorded with the name Aramis between 1980 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1989; its best national rank was #5,303 in 1989.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aramis?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 111,000
30 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 56,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,662
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
76,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aramis 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aramis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aramiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aramis was born before 2004 — so the typical Aramis is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
28.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,253
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 28.9% of all recorded uses (650).

Is Aramis 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
−785
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,075
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,060
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.64×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.0%
Peak was 2004 (77)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,400
1987

Spellings of Aramis

Aramis is not the most common spelling — Travis is, with 90.3% against Aramis's 0.66%.

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 Aramis is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Aramis was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 94,951 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 20,000
  2. 2New York1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Arizona1 in —
  7. 7Connecticut1 in —
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in —

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. Aramis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Aramis is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Aramis was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

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. Aramis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aramis around the world

Where Aramis 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
    2010–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #2,786
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2004–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1991–2012
    #771
    in 2012

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.

Notable people named Aramis

People whose public names include Aramis, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Aramis by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,662
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,075
Best rank ever
#1,400
1987
Peak year
2004
77 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,253
Count in 2025
30

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,303
1989
Peak year
1989
16 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
196
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aramis

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

ArathArashAramAranAravArafatAraArtemisArasAragornAraelArafAradAravindAragonAraceliJamisLoomisArazArataAranshAraizAraoluwaAramus

Names with a curve like Aramis

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Aramis, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

VikramJairusJansenSameerArikMathieuKamranMahmoudSaadTaiZachariasSkye

Sibling names for Aramis

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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