Amani

What Amani means

Swahili, meaning “peace”

From amani (“peace”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amani” (revision 86037282), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amani?

US: Steady: #728 in 2015, #678 now. England & Wales: Steady: #637 in 2015, #590 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 513 girls got the name (#584 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 3,836 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,838 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.8 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.67 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amani is #678 in the US and #590 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 79.7% of US babies named Amani were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amina970 US · 238 E&W
• Imani512 US · 59 E&W
• Emani160 US · 9 E&W
• Amanah19 US · 60 E&W
• Emoni65 US
• Amoni43 US
• Amena30 US · 7 E&W
• Amana22 US · 10 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amani

Girls

• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Reese#192“ardor”^*

For a brother

• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.