Aram
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-am
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
Aram is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 1,771st for boys in the US (91 babies).
What does Aram mean?
Hebrew: biblical and Armenian name; also Persian and Kurdish aram, 'calm'
In the Bible Aram is a son of Shem; Aram Khachaturian, the Armenian composer, wrote the ballet Spartacus.
Is Aram a girl's or a boy's name?
Aram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 91 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Aram, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
2025 had the most boys named Aram of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Aram in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Aram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Aram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 91about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 91 boys in the US were named Aram, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Aram in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,694 |
| 2022 | 77 | #1,980 |
| 2021 | 75 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 101 | #1,624 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 89 | #1,735 |
| 2016 | 75 | #1,936 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,112 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,254 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,003 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 38 | #2,086 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,464 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Aram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Aram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aram, updated 20 October 2026.