Aminah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-mee-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #536 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,160 for girls
Aminah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “trustworthy, secure”. In 2025 it ranked 536th for girls in the UK (81 babies) and 1,160th for girls in the US (200 babies).
What does Aminah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Amina
“trustworthy, secure”
Amina bint Wahb was the mother of the Prophet Muhammad.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Aminah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aminah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 81 girls in the UK and 200 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aminah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 536th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 81 about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 81 girls in the UK were named Aminah, making it the 536th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 514th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 187 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aminah than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Aminah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 333 girls in the UK were given Aminah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #192, up from #536 for this spelling alone.
- Amina 252
- Aminah 81
Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales.
Aminah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #536 |
| 2024 | 100 | #462 |
| 2023 | 111 | #413 |
| 2022 | 105 | #447 |
| 2021 | 101 | #469 |
| 2020 | 86 | #514 |
| 2019 | 119 | #401 |
| 2018 | 136 | #373 |
| 2017 | 140 | #363 |
| 2016 | 158 | #337 |
| 2015 | 160 | #324 |
| 2014 | 169 | #306 |
| 2013 | 183 | #285 |
| 2012 | 187 | #294 |
| 2011 | 179 | #305 |
| 2010 | 132 | #380 |
| 2009 | 123 | #392 |
| 2008 | 124 | #392 |
| 2007 | 128 | #370 |
| 2006 | 127 | #367 |
| 2005 | 102 | #417 |
| 2004 | 106 | #389 |
| 2003 | 90 | #431 |
| 2002 | 76 | #466 |
| 2001 | 73 | #461 |
| 2000 | 68 | #485 |
| 1999 | 77 | #448 |
| 1998 | 51 | #586 |
| 1997 | 41 | #683 |
| 1996 | 35 | #719 |
How popular is Aminah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,160th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 200 about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 200 girls in the US were named Aminah, making it the 1,160th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 306 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had fewer girls named Aminah than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Aminah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,170 girls in the US were given Aminah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #288, up from #1,160 for this spelling alone.
- Amina 970
- Aminah 200
Aminah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 | #1,160 |
| 2024 | 255 | #1,004 |
| 2023 | 226 | #1,089 |
| 2022 | 229 | #1,089 |
| 2021 | 211 | #1,160 |
| 2020 | 229 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 237 | #1,065 |
| 2018 | 243 | #1,053 |
| 2017 | 306 | #887 |
| 2016 | 259 | #1,022 |
| 2015 | 303 | #906 |
| 2014 | 242 | #1,063 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,616 |
| 2012 | 132 | #1,629 |
| 2011 | 131 | #1,639 |
| 2010 | 123 | #1,703 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,822 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,147 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,127 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,253 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,713 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,895 |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,110 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,762 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,981 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,799 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,667 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
Names like Aminah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Zainab, Aaminah, Ayah, Nusaybah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Amira, Safiya, Abeeha, Hafsa
Other spellings of Aminah
Names related to Aminah
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, “Aminah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aminah, updated 20 October 2026.