Araminta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ra-MIN-ta
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Araminta is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Araminta mean?
English: 17th-century literary blend, probably of Arabella and Aminta
Coined by playwright William Congreve for The Old Bachelor (1693); Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Araminta a girl's or a boy's name?
Araminta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Araminta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Araminta, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Araminta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Araminta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Araminta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Araminta, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Araminta of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Araminta in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2018. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Araminta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Nicknames for Araminta
- Minty
- Minta
- Ara 10 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Araminta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Araminta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/araminta, updated 20 October 2026.