Fun Facts About the Name Aramis
- More than 2 thousand babies named Aramis: U.S. records list 2,448 babies given the name Aramis from 1880 through 2025. Even 196 girls received the name Aramis - about 1 girl for every 11 boys.
What Does the Name Aramis Mean?
Aramis is best understood as a surname and place name that became a given name, and its meaning is not securely established. The family name behind it, d'Aramitz, comes from the village of Aramits in the old province of Béarn in southwestern France (today part of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department). The place name itself has no agreed derivation. It sits in a region where Basque and Gascon, a variety of Occitan, were both spoken, so a Basque or Gascon source has been proposed; a link to the Basque word aran, "valley," has been suggested but not confirmed. Because the underlying place name is uncertain, Aramis has no single literal translation.
The name is sometimes confused with the biblical Aram, but the two are not related, and the resemblance is coincidental.
Aramis Name History & Origins
Aramis is familiar mainly through Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, published in 1844, in which Aramis is one of the three musketeers alongside Athos and Porthos. Dumas adapted the story from Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras's earlier Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan (1700), which supplied the musketeers' names. The figure behind Dumas's Aramis is commonly identified as Henri d'Aramitz, a nobleman from Béarn born around 1620 who served in the king's musketeers; his surname came from his family's village, Aramits. The novel's spelling, Aramis, matches the pattern of his companions' names and drops the final tz of the surname.
The earliest documented layer of the name is as a place name and surname in Béarn. Its use as a personal given name is tied to the literary character, and the name has since appeared in English-speaking countries and in parts of the Spanish-speaking world, including the Caribbean, where it is found as a given name. The specific routes by which it spread as a first name in those regions are not well documented.
How Popular is the Name Aramis?
Aramis has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2004. Its best rank was #1,402 in 1987.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #13,752 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #12,337 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #12,585 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #16,509 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #16,813 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #14,366 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #12,330 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #12,210 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #11,237 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #10,949 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #11,949 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,648 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #6,710 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #11,896 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #8,794 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #10,350 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #6,491 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #5,309 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #6,305 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #9,926 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #9,629 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #8,392 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #9,219 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #8,105 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #10,618 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #10,492 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,663 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2024 | #2,871 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 2023 | #2,736 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 2022 | #2,754 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2021 | #2,654 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2020 | #2,588 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2019 | #2,368 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 2018 | #2,751 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #2,348 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2016 | #2,210 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2015 | #2,603 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #2,986 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #2,461 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2012 | #2,494 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #2,406 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2009 | #2,404 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 2008 | #2,041 | 68 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #2,051 | 67 | 0.0032% |
| 2006 | #1,969 | 68 | 0.0033% |
| 2005 | #1,741 | 76 | 0.0038% |
| 2004 | #1,672 | 77 | 0.0039% |
| 2003 | #1,781 | 67 | 0.0034% |
| 2002 | #2,127 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2001 | #1,745 | 65 | 0.0033% |
| 2000 | #1,816 | 59 | 0.0030% |
| 1999 | #1,751 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 1998 | #2,126 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1997 | #2,313 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1996 | #1,911 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1995 | #2,767 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1994 | #2,084 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1993 | #2,051 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1992 | #1,660 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 1991 | #2,021 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 1990 | #1,454 | 60 | 0.0029% |
| 1989 | #1,494 | 55 | 0.0027% |
| 1988 | #1,852 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1987 | #1,402 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1986 | #2,097 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #1,918 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1984 | #1,797 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1983 | #2,682 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #2,429 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #2,906 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #3,267 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #2,907 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #2,381 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1977 | #3,398 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #2,513 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1975 | #3,083 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #4,664 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #3,720 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #3,165 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #3,082 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #4,448 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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