Emaan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-MAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #375 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Emaan is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “faith”. In 2025 it ranked 375th for girls in the UK (126 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Emaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Iman common in South Asian Muslim families
“faith”
Spelling of Iman, the Arabic word for faith, used in Islam for belief in God.
Is Emaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Emaan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 126 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 76 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Emaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 375th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 126 about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 126 girls in the UK were named Emaan, making it the 375th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 587th. 4 boys were also named Emaan in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Emaan of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Emaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 175 girls in the UK were given Emaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #289, up from #375 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 357th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Emaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #375 |
| 2024 | 107 | #442 |
| 2023 | 100 | #452 |
| 2022 | 87 | #504 |
| 2021 | 75 | #578 |
| 2020 | 73 | #587 |
| 2019 | 83 | #538 |
| 2018 | 77 | #585 |
| 2017 | 93 | #513 |
| 2016 | 82 | #564 |
| 2015 | 86 | #546 |
| 2014 | 78 | #592 |
| 2013 | 82 | #560 |
| 2012 | 78 | #597 |
| 2011 | 78 | #577 |
| 2010 | 75 | #583 |
| 2009 | 72 | #587 |
| 2008 | 59 | #681 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 36 | #896 |
| 2005 | 34 | #883 |
| 2004 | 28 | #990 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Emaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Emaan, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993. 7 boys were also named Emaan in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Emaan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Emaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 140 girls in the US were given Emaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,338, up from #2,368 for this spelling alone.
- Emaan 76
- Eman 64
In 2025, 92% of the babies named Emaan in the US were girls.
Emaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,460 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,856 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,408 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,712 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,836 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Emaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Ayah, Aaliyah, Hiba, Imaan, Nusaybah, Rahma, Sumayyah, Abeeha, Huda
Other spellings of Emaan
Eman, Eeman
Names related to Emaan
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Emaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emaan, updated 20 October 2026.