Amina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-mee-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #212 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #315 for girls
Amina is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “trustworthy, secure”. In 2025 it ranked 212th for girls in the UK (252 babies) and 315th for girls in the US (970 babies).
What does Amina mean?
Arabic
“trustworthy, secure”
Amina bint Wahb was the mother of the Prophet Muhammad.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Amina a girl's or a boy's name?
Amina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 252 girls in the UK and 970 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #212among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 252about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 252 girls in the UK were named Amina, making it the 212th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 280th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 300 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amina 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, 333 girls in the UK were given Amina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #192, up from #212 for this spelling alone.
- Amina 252
- Aminah 81
Among girls in 2025, it was 205th in England and Wales and 256th in Scotland.
Amina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 252 | #212 |
| 2024 | 255 | #208 |
| 2023 | 188 | #266 |
| 2022 | 202 | #253 |
| 2021 | 203 | #257 |
| 2020 | 183 | #280 |
| 2019 | 205 | #258 |
| 2018 | 196 | #276 |
| 2017 | 262 | #215 |
| 2016 | 249 | #231 |
| 2015 | 300 | #196 |
| 2014 | 276 | #214 |
| 2013 | 259 | #215 |
| 2012 | 289 | #199 |
| 2011 | 279 | #204 |
| 2010 | 290 | #202 |
| 2009 | 236 | #234 |
| 2008 | 293 | #203 |
| 2007 | 277 | #218 |
| 2006 | 247 | #217 |
| 2005 | 262 | #204 |
| 2004 | 228 | #227 |
| 2003 | 233 | #219 |
| 2002 | 223 | #219 |
| 2001 | 203 | #229 |
| 2000 | 182 | #253 |
| 1999 | 187 | #249 |
| 1998 | 182 | #255 |
| 1997 | 142 | #287 |
| 1996 | 155 | #268 |
How popular is Amina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #315among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 970about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 970 girls in the US were named Amina, making it the 315th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 330th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 1,180 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the girls named Amina in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,170 girls in the US were given Amina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #288, up from #315 for this spelling alone.
- Amina 970
- Aminah 200
Amina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 970 | #315 |
| 2024 | 1,003 | #306 |
| 2023 | 972 | #322 |
| 2022 | 1,010 | #318 |
| 2021 | 914 | #345 |
| 2020 | 939 | #330 |
| 2019 | 989 | #323 |
| 2018 | 1,118 | #297 |
| 2017 | 1,180 | #271 |
| 2016 | 1,106 | #294 |
| 2015 | 1,066 | #304 |
| 2014 | 785 | #409 |
| 2013 | 448 | #624 |
| 2012 | 408 | #690 |
| 2011 | 365 | #755 |
| 2010 | 403 | #709 |
| 2009 | 399 | #728 |
| 2008 | 386 | #762 |
| 2007 | 358 | #802 |
| 2006 | 265 | #981 |
| 2005 | 286 | #883 |
| 2004 | 269 | #900 |
| 2003 | 277 | #866 |
| 2002 | 237 | #944 |
| 2001 | 199 | #1,065 |
| 2000 | 215 | #984 |
| 1999 | 183 | #1,086 |
| 1998 | 178 | #1,087 |
| 1997 | 173 | #1,085 |
| 1996 | 152 | #1,184 |
| 1995 | 141 | #1,211 |
| 1994 | 128 | #1,320 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,449 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,669 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,650 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,635 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,453 |
| 1987 | 76 | #1,618 |
| 1986 | 90 | #1,420 |
| 1985 | 76 | #1,574 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,733 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,528 |
| 1980 | 70 | #1,644 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,558 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,832 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,638 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,714 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,724 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
Names like Amina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Safa Aaliyah Khadija Hafsa Zainab Ayah Aisha Hiba Halima Amaya Summer
Other spellings of Amina
Names related to Amina
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, “Amina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amina, updated 20 October 2026.