girls:
817 births since 1998
#4899 (14th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1975
#3487 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1975
#5834 (25th percentile)
The name Amen is the #5,834 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,932 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 24.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,487 (23.9% percentile) for all time with 1,115 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #4,899 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 817 births since 1998.
Amen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Amen is available in 40 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 24 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Amen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 57.3% of babies named Amen were boys.
For boys, Amen reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #843) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 41 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Amen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #841 (7.7% percentile) with 41 births per million.
For girls, Amen reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #863) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amen ranks #896 for girls (5.4% percentile) with 32 births per million, which is 69.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amen".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Amen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 17.0% confident that Amen is pronounced as uh-MEHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-MEHN, at 17.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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