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Aminah

100% girls · 200 born in 2025

Aminah has been given to about 5,536 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2017, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 5,483
Median age today12 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Aminah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2017 · 306
  • Born in 2025200
  • All time5,536
  • England & Wales, 2025#497 · 81

How popular is Aminah?

Its best year was 2017, when 306 babies were given the name, ranking 887th. The typical living American called Aminah is about 12 years old today. It is relatively most common in Missouri, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Aminah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Amiyah0.88
  2. Amirah0.88
  3. Amiah0.88
  4. Kamilah0.79
  5. Amina0.78
  6. Aliyah0.75
  7. Aniyah0.75
  8. Kamiyah0.76

Middle names for Aminah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Aminah Eve0.86
  2. Aminah Rose0.83
  3. Aminah Louise0.83
  4. Aminah June0.82
  5. Aminah Pearl0.82
  6. Aminah Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Aminah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Yousefbrother · 0.98
  2. Magnusbrother · 0.98
  3. Elinasister · 0.97
  4. Lachlanbrother · 0.97
  5. Zahrasister · 0.96
  6. Galileasister · 0.96

Where Aminah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Missouri0.02%
  2. Illinois0.02%
  3. New York0.01%
  4. New Jersey0.01%
  5. Michigan0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Aminah White0.78
  2. Aminah Reyes0.78
  3. Aminah Nguyen0.78
  4. Aminah Moore0.78
  5. Aminah Lee0.78
  6. Aminah Green0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Aminah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Aminah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.