15th Baby Named Amen

In 1953, Margaret and Alexander Bow of Ypsilanti, Michigan, welcomed their 15th child, a baby boy.

He was given the name Amen — from amen, the word used to end Judeo-Christian prayers — even though the couple expected to have more children.

(I don’t know if they ended up having more, but two of the older children were named Mary and Winifred according to the 1930 census.)

Source: “15th Child Named “Amen” by Mother.” Spokane Daily Chronicle 15 Oct. 1953: 33.