Aaminah
Aaminah is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Aaminah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aaminah is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Aaminah
American parents first put Aaminah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1991, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 42 Aaminahs were born — ranking #3,650 that year. About 47% of every Aaminah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aaminah ranks #5,523 for baby girls with 22 births, falling sharply (-20%). All told, over 560 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Aaminah
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About the name Aaminah
Aaminah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 560 births in the dataset. Aaminah's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #3,650. Use the chart and map above to compare Aaminah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.