Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Aminata isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aminata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,314
- 0 boys · 2,314 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 99 babies
- 2025
- 73
- #2,441 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 73 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,441 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 99 in 2015. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,480 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.
Aminata’s family of names
Aminata may belong to the same name family as AMINATTA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aminata
- Aminata SavadogoLatvian singer-songwriter (born 1993)
- Aminata TouréSenegalese prime ministerborn 1962
- Aminata Sow FallSenegalese writerborn 1941
- Aminata TraoréMalian politicianborn 1947
- Aminata TouréGerman politicianborn 1992
- Aminata DialloFrench association football playerborn 1995
- Aminata Sana CongoBurkina Faso politicianborn 1974
- Aminata Diallo GlezBurkinabe filmmaker, actress and producerborn 1972
- Aminata Mbengue Ndiayepolitician from Senegal
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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