# Amani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,330 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,890 / 13,440 (82% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,048, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 520 | 562 |
| 2012 | 512 | 574 |
| 2013 | 482 | 589 |
| 2014 | 441 | 646 |
| 2015 | 389 | 729 |
| 2016 | 402 | 708 |
| 2017 | 363 | 763 |
| 2018 | 374 | 741 |
| 2019 | 403 | 708 |
| 2020 | 437 | 659 |
| 2021 | 424 | 685 |
| 2022 | 513 | 584 |
| 2023 | 481 | 621 |
| 2024 | 464 | 636 |
| 2025 | 419 | 678 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 110 | 1,476 |
| 2012 | 116 | 1,429 |
| 2013 | 78 | 1,827 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,920 |
| 2015 | 80 | 1,849 |
| 2016 | 72 | 1,993 |
| 2017 | 75 | 1,920 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,102 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,002 |
| 2020 | 80 | 1,849 |
| 2021 | 72 | 2,041 |
| 2022 | 93 | 1,771 |
| 2023 | 120 | 1,489 |
| 2024 | 154 | 1,276 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,585 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 525 |
| 2012 | 85 | 509 |
| 2013 | 76 | 547 |
| 2014 | 52 | 750 |
| 2015 | 65 | 637 |
| 2016 | 59 | 693 |
| 2017 | 61 | 673 |
| 2018 | 60 | 670 |
| 2019 | 52 | 737 |
| 2020 | 56 | 665 |
| 2021 | 64 | 603 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 60 | 622 |
| 2024 | 66 | 594 |
| 2025 | 66 | 590 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Amani

- Amani Abeid Karume, 6th President of Zanzibar (2000-2010)
- Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, American author, tech entrepreneur
- Amani Yao, association football player
- Mariah the Scientist, American singer (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.