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Armani

Gender
Unisex
Say it
ar-MAH-nee
Origin
Italian
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#495 for boys

Unisex

Armani is a name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 495th for boys in the US (609 babies).

What does Armani mean?

Italian: Italian surname, probably from a form of Herman

An Italian surname made world-famous by the fashion house Giorgio Armani founded in 1975.

Is Armani a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Armani has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 8 boys in the UK and 534 girls and 609 boys in the US.

How popular is Armani in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Armani, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 27 girls. 8 boys were also named Armani in 2025 (2,742nd for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Armani since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Armani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 33% of the babies named Armani in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 27 in 20042025
Armani in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20247#3,381
202313#2,185
202217#1,794
202116#1,882
202011#2,407
201911#2,420
201813#2,198
201710#2,652
201615#2,015
201522#1,527
201413#2,189
201311#2,454
201216#1,914
201122#1,467
201027#1,262
200918#1,621
200822#1,390
200719#1,477
200618#1,481
200520#1,280
200427#1,006
200323#1,087
200213#1,553
200121#1,070
200012#1,593
199911#1,653
199814#1,417
19976#2,552
199612#1,520

How popular is Armani in the US?

Rank in 2025
#495among boys
Babies in 2025
609about 1 in 2,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 609 boys in the US were named Armani, making it the 495th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 359th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 886 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986. 534 girls were also named Armani in 2025 (562nd for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Armani than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Armani in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 639 boys in the US were given Armani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #479, up from #495 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 25% of the babies named Armani in the US in 1989, and 47% in 2025.

1986Busiest: 886 in 20212025
Armani in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025609#495
2024741#427
2023830#386
2022800#399
2021886#370
2020867#359
2019720#428
2018628#462
2017571#509
2016519#552
2015563#510
2014572#492
2013561#488
2012641#432
2011520#499
2010531#489
2009478#554
2008441#583
2007381#639
2006318#697
2005282#720
2004261#728
2003268#703
2002222#776
2001291#642
2000280#648
1999247#680
1998262#658
1997260#640
1996207#737
1995144#918
1994128#972
199384#1,233
199280#1,258
199167#1,376
199066#1,365
198939#1,886
198832#1,984
19878#4,962
19865#6,715

Names like Armani

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Armani

Names related to Armani

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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, “Armani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/armani, updated 20 October 2026.