Yamina
Yamina is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Yamina Bachir, Algerian film director and screenwriter Yamina Benguigui, French film director and politician Yamina Halata, Algerian judoka Yamina Méchakra (1949–2013), Algerian novelist and psychiatrist
Meaning & Origin of Yamina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yamina is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Yamina Bachir, Algerian film director and screenwriter Yamina Benguigui, French film director and politician Yamina Halata, Algerian judoka Yamina Méchakra (1949–2013), Algerian novelist and psychiatrist
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The Story of Yamina
Yamina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 11 Yaminas were born — ranking #7,513 that year. As of 2026, Yamina ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 187 Yaminas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yamina
Yamina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 187 births in the dataset. Yamina's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #7,513. Use the chart and map above to compare Yamina'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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