Aminah
Amina is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names:ʾĀmina meaning "safe one, protected" ʾAmīna, the feminine form of Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman".
- Arabic
- Malay
- Indonesian
Meaning & Origin of Aminah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amina is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names:ʾĀmina meaning "safe one, protected" ʾAmīna, the feminine form of Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Malay
- Indonesian
The Story of Aminah
American parents first put Aminah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1965, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 306 Aminahs were born — ranking #887 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Aminahs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #1,006 among baby girl names with 251 births, holding steady (-1%). In total, more than 6K Aminahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Aminah
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About the name Aminah
Aminah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Aminah's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #887. Use the chart and map above to compare Aminah'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 .
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