girls' name ★ peaked 2017

Amina

Meaning Borrowed from Arabic أَمِينَة (ʔamīna) Gender Girl Rank 2025 #315 Trend → Stable

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِينَة (ʔamīna).

Rank 2025
#315
among girls · ↓9 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
970
named Amina · -3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,657
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2017
1,180 babies
All-time total
19,270
#1,092 all-time among girls
First recorded
1943
in Social Security records

Amina popularity over time

19,270 babies have been named Amina since 1943, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2017Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s 5 1 – #4,715
1950s 12 1 +140% #4,903
1960s 64 6 +433% #2,708
1970s 536 54 +738% #1,558
1980s 755 76 +41% #1,421
1990s 1,331 133 +76% #1,086
2000s 2,891 289 +117% #728
2010s 7,868 787 +172% #271
2020s (to 2025) 5,808 968 +23% #306

Where Amina is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 969 0.60 #316
2027 968 0.60 #316
2028 967 0.60 #316
2029 966 0.60 #316
2030 965 0.60 #316

Where Amina is most popular

Girls named Amina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.600 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, Delaware, and New York.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Amina born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 24 2.02 +237%
Delaware 18 1.59 +164%
New York 580 1.46 +144%
Connecticut 66 1.13 +89%
Illinois 248 1.08 +81%
Ohio 247 1.04 +73%
Maryland 110 1.04 +73%
Michigan 186 1.02 +70%
Minnesota 108 1.00 +67%
Virginia 167 0.980 +63%
Pennsylvania 231 0.977 +63%
Nevada 45 0.969 +61%
Georgia 203 0.894 +49%
Massachusetts 93 0.769 +28%
Arizona 106 0.755 +26%
New Jersey 132 0.731 +22%
Florida 306 0.715 +19%
Wisconsin 72 0.699 +16%
South Carolina 61 0.679 +13%
North Carolina 153 0.672 +12%
Louisiana 56 0.640 +7%
Indiana 88 0.627 ≈ national
Missouri 74 0.614 ≈ national
California 501 0.596 ≈ national
Kansas 34 0.589 ≈ national
Iowa 34 0.582 ≈ national
Colorado 63 0.564 -6%
Washington 76 0.526 -12%
Oregon 34 0.522 -13%
Alabama 48 0.511 -15%
Tennessee 76 0.480 -20%
Kentucky 41 0.479 -20%
North Dakota 6 0.456 -24%
Texas 348 0.433 -28%
Arkansas 22 0.416 -31%
Oklahoma 30 0.408 -32%
Mississippi 16 0.342 -43%
Idaho 5 0.149 -75%
Alaska – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Amina

Amina is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #315 in 2025 with 970 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1943, 19,270 American babies have been named Amina. Its peak came in 2017, when 1,180 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Amina stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Amina?

The median living Amina is about 9 years old; half are between 4 and 17. An estimated 19 thousand people named Amina are alive in the United States today.

median 9 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Amina year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 970 #315
2024 1,003 #306
2023 972 #322
2022 1,010 #318
2021 914 #345
2020 939 #330
2019 989 #323
2018 1,118 #298
2017 1,180 #271
2016 1,106 #294
2015 1,066 #304
2014 785 #409
2013 448 #624
2012 408 #690
2011 365 #755
2010 403 #709
2009 399 #728
2008 386 #763
2007 358 #802
2006 265 #981
2005 286 #883
2004 269 #900
2003 277 #866
2002 237 #944
2001 199 #1,066
2000 215 #985
1995 141 #1,215
1990 86 #1,703
1985 76 #1,576
1980 70 #1,645
1975 61 #1,605
1970 20 #3,211
1965 12 #3,745
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Amina

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Amina J. Mohammed Amina J. Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017 b. 1961 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Amina Wadud Amina Wadud American Islamic scholar (born 1952) Contemporary
  3. 3 Amina Annabi French-Tunisian singer and actress b. 1962 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Amina, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Amina?

The median living Amina is about 9 years old. Half of all living Aminas are between 4 and 17 years old.

How many people named Amina are alive today?

An estimated 19 thousand people named Amina are alive in the United States, based on 19,270 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Amina mean?

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِينَة (ʔamīna).

How popular is the name Amina in 2025?

Amina ranked #315 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 970 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Amina?

19,270 babies have been named Amina in the United States since 1943, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Amina most popular?

Amina peaked in 2017, when 1,180 newborns received the name.

Is Amina a boy or girl name?

Amina is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Amina rising or falling?

Amina is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Amina become more popular?

Amina looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 965 girls named Amina in 2030, ranking around #316. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Amina?

Well-known people named Amina include Amina J. Mohammed (politician), Amina Wadud (philosopher), Amina Annabi (singer).

Names like Amina

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