Baby name

Aminah

Girl

Origin of the name

Aminah is a form of Amina, from the Arabic, “trustworthy.”

Rising name

2017 was its best year: 306 births, or 1 baby in 11,690. The momentum is recent: births are up 1% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. In 2025, it ranked No. 1160. 38% of all babies named Aminah since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

5,536births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 887rank at its peak, in 2017

Where babies named Aminah are born

2017

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The darker the blue, the more common Aminah is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Aminah is most common in New Jersey (3.2 times), New York (2.1) and Illinois (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Amina 19,270
Amiyah 18,643
Amirah 10,863
Amiah 4,832

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