# Amina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amina/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ameena, Aminah, Amna |
| US babies named this | 19,270 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 19,270 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,745, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِينَة (ʔamīna).

## 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 | 365 | 755 |
| 2012 | 408 | 690 |
| 2013 | 448 | 624 |
| 2014 | 785 | 409 |
| 2015 | 1,066 | 304 |
| 2016 | 1,106 | 294 |
| 2017 | 1,180 | 271 |
| 2018 | 1,118 | 298 |
| 2019 | 989 | 323 |
| 2020 | 939 | 330 |
| 2021 | 914 | 345 |
| 2022 | 1,010 | 318 |
| 2023 | 972 | 322 |
| 2024 | 1,003 | 306 |
| 2025 | 970 | 315 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 271 | 190 |
| 2012 | 279 | 187 |
| 2013 | 250 | 202 |
| 2014 | 269 | 198 |
| 2015 | 293 | 187 |
| 2016 | 243 | 216 |
| 2017 | 258 | 204 |
| 2018 | 195 | 251 |
| 2019 | 196 | 248 |
| 2020 | 180 | 264 |
| 2021 | 195 | 248 |
| 2022 | 199 | 238 |
| 2023 | 180 | 254 |
| 2024 | 248 | 198 |
| 2025 | 238 | 205 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَمِينَة, آمِنَة
- French: Amina
- Hindi: अमीना, आमिना
- Russian: Ами́на, А́мина
- Turkish: Emine, Amine
- Ukrainian: Амі́на, А́міна

## People named Amina

- Amina Wadud, American Islamic scholar
- Amina Annabi, French-Tunisian singer and actress
- Amina Bettiche, Algerian steeplechase runner
- Amina Dilbazi, Azerbaijani folk dancer (1919–2010)
- Amīnah al-Saʿīd, Egyptian journalist and women's rights activist
- Amina Azimi, Afghan women's rights activist
- Amina Ilhami, Egyptian princess (1858-1931)
- Amina Anshba, Abkhazian tennis player
- Amina Rizk, Egyptian actress (1898–2003)
- Amina Claudine Myers, American musician
- Amina Khalil, Egyptian actress
- Amina Helmi, Argentinian-Dutch astronomer

## 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.