Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aminah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,536
- 0 boys · 5,536 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 306 babies
- 2025
- 200
- #1,160 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 200 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,160 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 306 in 2017. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (31). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,585 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aminah’s family of names
In English usage, Aminah has a related form in Amina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aminah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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