Amena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Amena is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “trustworthy, secure”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Amena 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 Amena a girl's or a boy's name?
Amena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amena 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 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Amena, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. 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 Amena 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.
Amena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Amena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Amena, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Amena in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were given Amena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
Amena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
Names like Amena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Safa, Aaliyah, Khadija, Amina, Halima, Abeeha, Hafsa, Hiba, Iqra, Aisha, Aliya
Other spellings of Amena
Names related to Amena
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Amena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amena, updated 20 October 2026.