Aminah

What Aminah means

Variant of Amina, meaning “faithful, trustworthy”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Aminah” (revision 80581730) and “Amina” (revision 91837767), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aminah?

US: Falling: down from #906 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #300 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 306 girls got the name (#887 that year). First in the US records in 1965.

How common

• About 1 in 8,036 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,127 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 MO (0.37 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.34 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.27 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Aminah is #1160 in the US and #490 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 Aminah 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
• Amanah19 US · 60 E&W
• Amena30 US · 7 E&W
• Emunah33 US · 4 E&W
• Amana22 US · 10 E&W
• Emina27 US · 3 E&W
• Amaanah0 US · 27 E&W
• Ameenah13 US · 7 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 Aminah

Girls

• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025

For a brother

• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Yousef#744Editor’s note Up from #788 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 in the US
• 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

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 Aminah’s. Rank is US 2025.