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Aramis

A name meaning "valley".

Usage languagesItalian, Literature
US rank (2025)#3,658

Meaning and history

Aramis is the alias of one of the musketeers in Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers (1844), a character based on the 17th-century Henri d’Aramitz. His surname comes from the French village of Aramits, which itself derives from the Basque aran, meaning “valley.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 68 births, rank #1,967
2007: 67 births, rank #2,051
2008: 68 births, rank #2,039
2009: 53 births, rank #2,401
2010: 52 births, rank #2,402
20112011: 37 births, rank #3,046
2012: 50 births, rank #2,488
2013: 50 births, rank #2,461
2014: 38 births, rank #2,985
2015: 47 births, rank #2,600
20162016: 61 births, rank #2,207
2017: 55 births, rank #2,345
2018: 44 births, rank #2,748
2019: 57 births, rank #2,364
2020: 49 births, rank #2,586
20212021: 48 births, rank #2,652
2022: 47 births, rank #2,753
2023: 48 births, rank #2,693
2024: 44 births, rank #2,873
20252025: 30 births, rank #3,658

In 2025, 30 babies were recorded with the name Aramis, ranking #3,658 among boys.