Is Amen a boy or girl name?

Amen is a unisex name. Of the 2,161 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 41.7% were girls and 58.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2023, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Amen

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Amen was most popular in 2019, when 153 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,647 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,314, with 110 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,161 people named Amen.

Amen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Amen’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Amen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Amen is a unisex name — 41.7% of the 2,161 Americans given it were girls and 58.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 46% girls and 54% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Amen

Where Amen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org