Ameenah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Ameenah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “trustworthy, secure”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Ameenah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ameena, itself a spelling of Amina
“trustworthy, secure”
Amina bint Wahb was the mother of the Prophet Muhammad.
Meaning borrowed from Ameena.
Is Ameenah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ameenah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ameenah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Ameenah, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ameenah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 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 Ameenah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Ameenah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Ameenah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Ameenah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Ameenah than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Ameenah in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were given Ameenah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Ameenah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
Names like Ameenah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Ayah, Aaminah, Zainab, Nusaybah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Aakifah, Amira, Farah, Safiya
Other spellings of Ameenah
Names related to Ameenah
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, “Ameenah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameenah, updated 20 October 2026.