# Aminah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aminah/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,536 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,536 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,271, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Amina.

## 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 | 131 | 1,639 |
| 2012 | 132 | 1,631 |
| 2013 | 133 | 1,616 |
| 2014 | 242 | 1,063 |
| 2015 | 303 | 906 |
| 2016 | 259 | 1,023 |
| 2017 | 306 | 887 |
| 2018 | 243 | 1,053 |
| 2019 | 237 | 1,065 |
| 2020 | 229 | 1,078 |
| 2021 | 211 | 1,160 |
| 2022 | 229 | 1,089 |
| 2023 | 226 | 1,089 |
| 2024 | 255 | 1,004 |
| 2025 | 200 | 1,160 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 174 | 280 |
| 2012 | 185 | 270 |
| 2013 | 181 | 263 |
| 2014 | 166 | 286 |
| 2015 | 159 | 300 |
| 2016 | 156 | 320 |
| 2017 | 134 | 350 |
| 2018 | 131 | 356 |
| 2019 | 118 | 371 |
| 2020 | 84 | 478 |
| 2021 | 98 | 447 |
| 2022 | 101 | 419 |
| 2023 | 109 | 381 |
| 2024 | 100 | 429 |
| 2025 | 81 | 490 |

## 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.