# Amin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amin/  
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 |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ameen, Lamine |
| US babies named this | 3,440 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,440 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 990, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 1,704 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,712 |
| 2013 | 75 | 1,878 |
| 2014 | 93 | 1,657 |
| 2015 | 81 | 1,826 |
| 2016 | 82 | 1,828 |
| 2017 | 86 | 1,781 |
| 2018 | 75 | 1,960 |
| 2019 | 99 | 1,642 |
| 2020 | 84 | 1,788 |
| 2021 | 73 | 2,027 |
| 2022 | 104 | 1,653 |
| 2023 | 96 | 1,727 |
| 2024 | 104 | 1,632 |
| 2025 | 106 | 1,603 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 831 |
| 2012 | 40 | 793 |
| 2013 | 41 | 771 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,012 |
| 2015 | 36 | 856 |
| 2016 | 35 | 884 |
| 2017 | 42 | 786 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 31 | 963 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 39 | 826 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## People named Amin

- Amin Maalouf, Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances
- Amine Gemayel, former Lebanese president
- Amin Younes, German association football player
- Amin al-Hafez, 3rd President of the Syrian Arab Republic (1921–2009)
- Amin Zaoui, Algerian novelist
- Amin Seydiyev, Azerbaijani association football player
- Amin Chiakha, Danish footballer (born 2006)
- Amin Asikainen, Finnish boxer
- Sal Khan, American educator (born 1976)
- Skandar Keynes, British actor (born 1991)
- Dalil Boubakeur, French physician
- Fantastic Negrito, American singer-songwriter whose music spans blues, R&B, and roots music

## 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.