Emmani
Girl · eh-MAH-nee · Swahili
Emmani is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “faith”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Emmani mean?
Swahili: spelling of Emani, itself a variant of Imani, a Swahili word from Arabic
“faith”
Imani, 'faith', is the seventh of the seven principles celebrated during Kwanzaa.
- Say it
- eh-MAH-nee
Meaning borrowed from Emani.
Is Emmani a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Emmani, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Emmani in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were given Emmani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,176, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Emmani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Emmani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zuri Nyomi Imani Demi Azari Amari Nayeli Yaretzi Elani Remi Kaliyah Aaliyah
Other spellings of Emmani
Names related to Emmani
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