How Many People Are Named Amen?
people named Amen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 159,637 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,161 babies named Amen in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
153 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of AMON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Amen in English. Counting Amen and these spellings together, about 4,363 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Amen, 41.9% were girls and 58.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Amen rose from 34.4% in the 2000s to 45.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amen alive today is about 10 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amen first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2019, to 153 babies. In 2025, 110 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,871, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #2,036. Among girls, its best rank was #2,197, in 2020.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,036 | #3,908 |
| Best rank | #1,871 (2015) | #2,197 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,311 in the 2010s | #3,499 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amen were born in Texas than in any other state: about 131 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amen was given 27.6 times as often in District of Columbia, 8.2 times in Maryland and 6 times in Virginia.
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