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Amin

Gender
Boy
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Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#1,055 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,602 for boys

Amin is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “trustworthy, faithful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 1,602nd for boys in the US (106 babies).

What does Amin mean?

Arabic

“trustworthy, faithful”

Al-Amin, 'the Trustworthy', was a title given to the Prophet Muhammad by the people of Mecca.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Amin a girl's or a boy's name?

Amin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 106 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Amin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,055th among boys
Babies in 2025
31 about 1 in 9,700 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Amin, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 52 boys.

Half of all the boys named Amin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 45 boys in the UK were given Amin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #1,055 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 52 in 20062025
Amin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202531#1,055
202439#881
202323#1,286
202231#1,048
202131#1,041
202022#1,275
201926#1,124
201830#1,043
201742#844
201636#939
201536#924
201428#1,079
201341#831
201240#852
201136#892
201038#848
200937#854
200835#872
200733#880
200652#614
200535#778
200434#746
200339#636
200236#615
200127#728
200032#636
199930#654
199836#569
199735#566
199619#819

How popular is Amin in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,602nd among boys
Babies in 2025
106 about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 106 boys in the US were named Amin, making it the 1,602nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,788th. It first appears in the records in 1965.

2025 had the most boys named Amin of any year since it first appeared, in 1965.

Half of all the boys named Amin in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 176 boys in the US were given Amin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,066, up from #1,602 for this spelling alone.

1965Busiest: 106 in 20252025
Amin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025106#1,602
2024104#1,631
202396#1,727
2022104#1,652
202173#2,025
202084#1,788
201999#1,642
201875#1,958
201786#1,780
201682#1,828
201581#1,826
201493#1,657
201375#1,877
201288#1,710
201187#1,703
201071#1,956
200977#1,872
200888#1,719
200775#1,890
200680#1,738
200563#1,979
200470#1,782
200378#1,608
200274#1,617
200172#1,625
200055#1,891
199976#1,486
199858#1,738
199756#1,727
199653#1,737
199565#1,472
199440#2,036
199335#2,204
199258#1,520
199150#1,646
199043#1,804
198948#1,636
198835#1,874
198733#1,892
198643#1,534
198540#1,593
198443#1,457
198341#1,489
198244#1,440
198147#1,373
198057#1,214
197953#1,260
197854#1,214
197788#904
197633#1,607
197523#2,000
197422#1,983
197320#2,035
197214#2,533
19719#3,368
19709#3,280
19690–
19687#3,364
19670–
19660–
19657#3,242

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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, “Amin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amin, updated 20 October 2026.