Amen

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Amen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Amen: Recorded every year since 2004, its highest recorded position is #1,309, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#1309highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2012	#4838
2013	#2887
2014	#3514
2015	#2945
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#2090
2019	#1562
2020	#2042
2021	#1962
2022	#3148
2023	#1640
2024	#1894

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #1309 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Amen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 195 births with the name.

Amen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Amen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3651 (2004)	#1309 (2023)	#1322 (2024)	20 of 21	195 (2004–2024)	20 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#1562 (2019)	#1894 (2024)	16 of 20	150 (2005–2024)	19 (2019)

Amen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Amen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	31	6 of 10	5
2010s	79	9 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	85	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Amen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1309 in England and Wales in 2023.

Amen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,309, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ameliya · #2314, 15y
Amelle · #1711, 16y
Amena · #1296, 29y
Amer · #354, 48y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ariz · #1309, 19y
Hudhayfah · #1309, 20y
Mabon · #1309, 23y
Posy · #1311, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ariz · #1309, 19y
Mabon · #1309, 23y
Riven · #1309, 13y
Posy · #1311, 22y

Amen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Amen without appearing here.

Amen moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1562 and #5591.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4805 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1786 and #4747.
Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2887 and #5742.
Finn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2887 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Amen

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1452.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #2705.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Amen

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 while Alexander went from #20 to #36.

Moved the same way as Amen

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amen went from #3651 to #1322 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1309 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amen

Amen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amen across 2 official records

Amen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Amen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Amen and the names beside it

Amen moved ahead of

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Amen at a glance

Amen across 2 official records

Amen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Amen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Amen and the names beside it

Amen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amen

Moved the opposite way to Amen

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