Amany
Girl · a-MAA-nee · Arabic
Amany is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wishes, hopes”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Amany mean?
Arabic: spelling of Amani; also a Swahili word for peace
“wishes, hopes”
Arabic amani means wishes or aspirations; in Swahili amani means peace.
- Say it
- a-MAA-nee
Meaning borrowed from Amani.
Is Amany a girl's or a boy's name?
Amany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amany in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 girls.
Amany in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Amany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Amany, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Amany in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 441 girls in the US were given Amany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #657, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Amany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Amany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Amany
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