# Aminata (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aminata/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,314 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,314 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 364, 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 | 76 | 2,418 |
| 2012 | 68 | 2,634 |
| 2013 | 85 | 2,188 |
| 2014 | 77 | 2,374 |
| 2015 | 99 | 1,996 |
| 2016 | 83 | 2,288 |
| 2017 | 79 | 2,321 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,563 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,012 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,551 |
| 2021 | 66 | 2,609 |
| 2022 | 81 | 2,298 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,589 |
| 2024 | 80 | 2,307 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,441 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Aminata

- Aminata Sana Congo, Burkina Faso politician
- Aminata Diallo, French association football player
- Aminata Diallo Glez, Burkinabe filmmaker, actress and producer
- Aminata Ouédraogo, Burkinabe film director

## 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.