Fun Facts About the Name Arman
- More than 4 thousand babies named Arman: U.S. records list 4,634 babies given the name Arman from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Arman Mean?
Arman has two independent origins, and they give the name two different meanings. In Persian, ārman (آرمان) means "ideal," "aspiration," "wish," or "hope." The same word passed into Urdu and Hindi as arman (अरमान / ارمان), where it means a wish or longing, and into several Turkic languages, including Kazakh (Арман), where it is usually taken to mean "dream" or "wish." In these traditions the name is simply the ordinary noun used as a personal name.
Separately, Arman appears in Europe as a shortened form of the Germanic name reconstructed as Hariman, built from hari "army" and man "man," so "man of the army" or "soldier." That name also produced Herman, Armand, and Ermanno, and the clipped Arman is used alongside them in German-, French-, and Spanish-speaking areas. The two traditions are unrelated; the similar sound comes from separate languages.
Arman Name History & Origins
The Persian word ārman is generally traced to Middle Persian ārmān, with the sense of a wish or desire. In Persian and in Urdu, ārman is common in poetry for a longing, often an unfulfilled one. Arman is a current given name in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, and it is also used by Urdu and Hindi speakers in South Asia. Among Turkic peoples, Arman (Kazakh Арман, and similar forms elsewhere in Central Asia) is a well-established name meaning "dream" or "wish," usually explained as a borrowing of the Persian word.
The European Arman goes back to the Germanic naming element hari- "army" joined to man "man." The full name is recorded in medieval Latin as Harimannus and appears in Old High German as Hariman, developing into Hermann in German, Armand in French, and Ermanno in Italian. Arman itself is a shortened or regional form and is often used as a short form of Armand or Hermann rather than as a fully separate name. The French-American artist Arman (Armand Fernandez, 1928 - 2005) took his single working name from his birth name Armand.
How Popular is the Name Arman?
Arman recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #981 in 1999.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,204 | 168 | 0.0098% |
| 2024 | #1,293 | 151 | 0.0088% |
| 2023 | #1,496 | 119 | 0.0070% |
| 2022 | #1,439 | 126 | 0.0072% |
| 2021 | #1,384 | 132 | 0.0076% |
| 2020 | #1,555 | 106 | 0.0061% |
| 2019 | #1,643 | 99 | 0.0055% |
| 2018 | #1,575 | 106 | 0.0058% |
| 2017 | #1,567 | 104 | 0.0056% |
| 2016 | #1,576 | 104 | 0.0055% |
| 2015 | #1,538 | 106 | 0.0055% |
| 2014 | #1,474 | 110 | 0.0057% |
| 2013 | #1,443 | 114 | 0.0060% |
| 2012 | #1,308 | 131 | 0.0069% |
| 2011 | #1,505 | 107 | 0.0056% |
| 2010 | #1,263 | 138 | 0.0072% |
| 2009 | #1,194 | 151 | 0.0076% |
| 2008 | #1,348 | 127 | 0.0062% |
| 2007 | #1,215 | 145 | 0.0070% |
| 2006 | #1,203 | 139 | 0.0068% |
| 2005 | #1,162 | 137 | 0.0069% |
| 2004 | #1,016 | 161 | 0.0081% |
| 2003 | #1,125 | 135 | 0.0068% |
| 2002 | #1,127 | 127 | 0.0065% |
| 2001 | #1,073 | 134 | 0.0069% |
| 2000 | #1,129 | 123 | 0.0063% |
| 1999 | #981 | 145 | 0.0076% |
| 1998 | #1,064 | 124 | 0.0065% |
| 1997 | #1,027 | 124 | 0.0066% |
| 1996 | #1,206 | 93 | 0.0049% |
| 1995 | #1,202 | 93 | 0.0049% |
| 1994 | #1,478 | 64 | 0.0033% |
| 1993 | #1,321 | 74 | 0.0038% |
| 1992 | #1,661 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 1991 | #1,868 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 1990 | #1,466 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 1989 | #1,831 | 41 | 0.0020% |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1987 | #1,686 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1985 | #2,300 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #2,711 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #3,422 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #3,302 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #4,539 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #2,623 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1979 | #3,369 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #2,940 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #2,462 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1976 | #4,971 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #3,971 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #2,554 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #4,472 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,413 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #3,295 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #4,068 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #2,870 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #3,666 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #3,096 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #3,571 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #3,553 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,713 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #3,704 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #3,451 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #2,977 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1939 | #3,506 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #3,703 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,384 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #3,791 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1928 | #2,529 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #3,165 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #3,278 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #3,487 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,347 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #4,362 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #3,236 | 7 | 0.0008% |
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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How the Name Arman Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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