The baby name Amen is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ah-MEN.
The baby name Amen is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ah-MEN.
Amen is Arabic, Hebrew in Origin.
Amen is from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן, ʾāmēn, the earliest securely attested form, appearing in the Hebrew Bible as a response of assent. It belongs to the Semitic root ʾ-m-n, with senses of firmness, reliability, and faithfulness; as an adverbial or interjectional form it conveys truly, confirmed, or so be it.
Jewish liturgy uses amen after blessings and doxologies, a practice adopted into early Christian Greek as ἀμήν and then Latin and English. The Arabic prayer response āmīn reflects the same Semitic-liturgical word. As a given name, Amen is rare and modern in English-speaking records, registered for boys and girls but somewhat more often for boys in recent U.S. data; spellings such as Ameen and Amine overlap with Arabic naming.
| Amenemhat I Amenemhat I was a pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, known for founding the Twelfth Dynasty and establishing a new capital at Itjtawy. His reign marked a period of stability and prosperity, and he implemented significant administrative reforms. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET | 0 | #6 | 1 | 246 | |
| ET | Girls | 0 | #16 | 1 | 372 |
| BN | 0 | #32 | 1 | 2,297 | |
| CM | 0 | #56 | 1 | 2,592 | |
| IN | 0 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| AF | 0 | #75 | 2 | 1,883 | |
| CN | 0 | #84 | 3 | 3,857 | |
| SD | 0 | #99 | 4 | 2,130 | |
| QA | 0 | #104 | 3 | 7,011 | |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| IQ | 0 | #126 | 8 | 3,533 | |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #132 | 4 | 1,786 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #134 | 4 | 1,769 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #138 | 2 | 6,332 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #150 | 5 | 4,685 |
| TN | 0 | #164 | 3,169 | 13,765 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #171 | 9 | 1,568 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #178 | 2 | 4,064 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #179 | 4 | 1,509 |
| YE | 0 | #180 | 253 | 8,639 | |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #212 | 13 | 7,146 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #218 | 281 | 10,523 |
| PS | 0 | #219 | 8 | 5,692 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #221 | 15 | 6,830 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #226 | 1,962 | 15,035 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #232 | 3 | 5,842 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #241 | 730 | 13,071 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #241 | 148 | 7,057 |
| GH | 0 | #243 | 6 | 5,396 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #260 | 4 | 7,056 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #266 | 20 | 2,795 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #267 | 8 | 3,535 |
| NG | 0 | #268 | 5 | 5,926 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #272 | 2 | 6,912 |
| IL | 0 | #275 | 8 | 6,291 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #277 | 30 | 2,588 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| SA | 0 | #284 | 12 | 10,560 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #293 | 4 | 6,578 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #302 | 15 | 15,378 |
| SY | 0 | #302 | 700 | 11,684 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #315 | 10 | 6,973 |
| LY | 0 | #317 | 237 | 12,703 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #323 | 23 | 8,138 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #325 | 7 | 9,639 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #327 | 3 | 7,429 |
| HK | 0 | #329 | 20 | 8,483 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #332 | 14 | 7,678 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #338 | 2 | 7,570 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #339 | 2 | 6,459 |
| MY | 0 | #347 | 8 | 12,352 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #351 | 210 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #352 | 288 | 10,983 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| EG | 0 | #366 | 35 | 6,387 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #367 | 3 | 8,477 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #380 | 17 | 15,987 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #381 | 7 | 2,865 |
| France | Girls | 2020 | #390 | 5 | 3,215 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #443 | 62 | 11,303 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #450 | 78 | 12,905 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #470 | 46 | 19,177 |
| ZA | 0 | #470 | 5 | 14,421 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #486 | 68 | 20,968 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #507 | 4 | 10,188 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #509 | 15 | 10,981 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #517 | 2 | 9,861 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #523 | 4 | 12,621 |
| BH | 0 | #526 | 28 | 17,937 | |
| LB | 0 | #527 | 132 | 13,263 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #528 | 25 | 10,162 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #529 | 12 | 11,671 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #539 | 12 | 12,054 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #541 | 5 | 8,334 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #578 | 38 | 16,104 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #585 | 208 | 15,093 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #600 | 6 | 10,045 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #600 | 18 | 11,648 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #602 | 30 | 13,121 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #627 | 6 | 18,916 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #669 | 101 | 18,755 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #670 | 38 | 18,093 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #676 | 7 | 3,552 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #687 | 11 | 17,960 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #733 | 6 | 3,895 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #810 | 72 | 17,948 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #812 | 140 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #823 | 113 | 25,931 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #824 | 69 | 7,044 |
| MA | 0 | #828 | 308 | 20,986 | |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #862 | 98 | 14,742 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #870 | 47 | 8,487 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #898 | 33 | 5,610 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #921 | 6 | 14,506 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #927 | 25 | 5,873 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #937 | 16 | 5,697 |
| DZ | 0 | #943 | 234 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #944 | 801 | 28,008 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #945 | 11 | 5,933 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #951 | 229 | 25,619 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #973 | 11 | 5,561 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #974 | 8 | 15,656 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #980 | 22 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #980 | 15 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #981 | 131 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #999 | 94 | 22,615 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 2 | 14,861 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| TR | 0 | #1,082 | 130 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,108 | 34 | 25,928 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,150 | 3 | 16,140 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,265 | 3 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,386 | 61 | 9,415 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,392 | 80 | 10,046 |
Amen is popular in 72 countries — most recent births per country:
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