Ameena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,354 for girls
Ameena is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “trustworthy, secure”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 2,354th for girls in the US (77 babies).
What does Ameena mean?
Arabic: spelling of Amina
“trustworthy, secure”
Amina bint Wahb was the mother of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Ameena a girl's or a boy's name?
Ameena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 77 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ameena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Ameena, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 34 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ameena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Ameena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Ameena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 30 | #1,127 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 31 | #901 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 23 | #1,005 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Ameena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,354among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were named Ameena, making it the 2,354th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,241st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Ameena in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were given Ameena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #2,354 for this spelling alone.
Ameena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #2,354 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,295 |
| 2021 | 81 | #2,266 |
| 2020 | 80 | #2,241 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 84 | #2,207 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,188 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
Names like Ameena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Aaliyah Khadija Abeeha Hafsa Zainab Hiba Halima Ayah Safiya Rahma
Other spellings of Ameena
Names related to Ameena
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ameena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameena, updated 20 October 2026.