Amina

What Amina means

Means “faithful, trustworthy”

A female given name from Arabic, meaning “faithful, trustworthy”, masculine equivalent Amin.

Source: Wiktionary, “Amina” (revision 91837767), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amina?

US: Steady: #304 in 2015, #315 now. England & Wales: Steady: #187 in 2015, #205 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 1,180 girls got the name (#271 that year). First in the US records in 1943.

How common

• About 1 in 1,657 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,064 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,278 baby girls in Scotland 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 DE (2.66 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), NY (1.84 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Amina is #315 in the US and #205 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amina were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amani419 US · 66 E&W
• Aminah200 US · 81 E&W
• Ameena77 US · 20 E&W
• Amanah19 US · 60 E&W
• Amoni43 US
• Amena30 US · 7 E&W
• Amana22 US · 10 E&W
• Emina27 US · 3 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 Amina

Girls

• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*

For a brother

• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*
• Ameer#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 14 babies
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amina’s. Rank is US 2025.