Argenis
Boy · ar-HEH-nees
Argenis is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Argenis mean?
Latin American name of uncertain origin
Argenis is also the title heroine of John Barclay's 1621 Latin romance Argenis.
- Say it
- ar-HEH-nees
Is Argenis a girl's or a boy's name?
Argenis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Argenis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Argenis, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had fewer boys named Argenis than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Argenis in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Argenis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 67 | #1,376 |
| 1990 | 81 | #1,211 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
Names like Argenis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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