The first name Aminah
A girl’s name from Arabic.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Arabic origin
Spelling variant of Amina.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 81 girls were named Aminah, making it the 490th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2012, with 185 births (#270).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Aminah with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Aminah at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 200 girls born in the United States were named Aminah, the 1,160th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2017, when 306 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
More Arabic girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Aminah mean?
- Spelling variant of Amina.
- What is the origin of the name Aminah?
- Spelling variant of Amina.
- How popular is the name Aminah?
- In 2025, 81 girls born in England and Wales were named Aminah, ranking 490th. Its peak was 2012, with 185 births.
- Is Aminah a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,536 US babies named Aminah since 1880 were girls.
- When was Aminah most popular?
- 2017 in the United States, when 306 babies were named Aminah, its highest rank at 887th.