Ammon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AM-un
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,797 for boys
Ammon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Ammon mean?
Hebrew: biblical people name; also used in the Book of Mormon
In the Bible the Ammonites descend from Ben-Ammi; in the Book of Mormon, Ammon is a celebrated missionary.
Is Ammon a girl's or a boy's name?
Ammon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ammon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,797among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Ammon, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 133 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had more boys named Ammon than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ammon in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ammon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,309 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,032 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 79 | #1,853 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,564 |
| 2013 | 91 | #1,658 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,498 |
| 2011 | 89 | #1,675 |
| 2010 | 97 | #1,612 |
| 2009 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,532 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,359 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,427 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,322 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,438 |
| 2003 | 110 | #1,281 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,097 |
| 2001 | 112 | #1,201 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,212 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,433 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,268 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,248 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,567 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,671 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,653 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 40 | #1,682 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 51 | #1,313 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,291 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
Names like Ammon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Ammon
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ammon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ammon, updated 20 October 2026.