Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Amna 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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,711
- 0 boys · 1,711 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 66 babies
- 2025
- 55
- #3,000 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 55 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,000 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,163 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.
Amna’s family of names
In English usage, Amna has a related form in Amina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amna
- Amna SuleimanPalestinian bicycle advocateborn 1988
- Amna Al QubaisiEmirati racing driverborn 2000
- Amna IlyasPakistani actor and modelborn 1990
- Amna ElhassanSudanese painter and architectborn 1988
- Amna NurhuseinEritrean politician
- Amna NawazUS broadcast journalist for public televisionborn 1979
- Amna GuellaliLibyan-Tunisian juristborn 1972
- Amna Elsadik BadriSudanese academic, writer, and activist for women's rightsborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Amna, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Alayna
“beautiful and fair woman; dear child”
>99% girls
Arianna
“resembling silver” · “one who is holy”
>99% girls
Alaina
“beautiful and fair woman; dear child”
>99% girls
Ariana
“resembling silver” · “one who is holy”
>99% girls
Amaya
“of the night rain”
>99% girls
Alaya
Alaya is a feminine given name.
>99% girls
Aliyah
Aliyah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “an ascender; one having the highest social standing.”
>99% girls
Arya
“one who is noble and honored”
2% boys · 98% girls