Armel

#6,471 in 2025Boys' name

Bear-prince

Armel has been given to 280 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #6,471 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Armel, 2025

1 in 255,000

Armel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Armel: meaning, origin, and history

Bear-prince

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Armel means

Armel means “bear-prince”, associated with Arthfael.

Origin, language, and formation

Armel is used in French.

Armel comes through Late Latin Armagilus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Armel is pronounced /aʁ.mɛl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 280 boys were recorded with the name Armel between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,683 in 1952.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,651 in 2020 to #6,471 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,094 in 2015 to #6,471 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Armel?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,471; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Armel 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Armel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Armels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Armel was born before 2009 — so the typical Armel is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 67.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 246; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Armel 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: +19; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +180; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +623; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.18×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2023 (13)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,683; 1952

Spellings of Armel

Armel is not the most common spelling — Angel is, with 34.8% against Armel's 0.04%.

Angel34.8%265,886
Axel9.5%72,459
Abel8.6%66,037
Adriel4.4%33,645
Darrel3.9%29,769
Ariel2.9%21,968
Uriel2.8%21,075
Marcel2.6%20,131

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.

Armel around the world

Where Armel 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
2001–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
1900–2025
#403
in 2025
Canada
2018–2018
#2,905
in 2018

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Armel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,471
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 180
Best rank ever: #2,683; 1952
Peak year: 2023; 13 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 280
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Armel

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

Armias Armany Armor Armour Armanii Kamel Armen Armoni Armin Armas Armon Lamel Arman Amel Armari Armonie Rahmel Ramel Tymel Armonte Osmel Armaan Ishmel Armad

Sibling names for Armel

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

For a sister

Karleigh Rhianna Leonor Keren Kendyl Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Kale Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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