Amina

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

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, loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman".

From Wikipedia

Amina first appears in the data in 1943 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 1,179 babies (rank #271 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,000 girls (rank #307). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Amina

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Amina yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

18,292
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
1,179
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19435#4,715
19525#5,580
19587#4,902
196512#3,744
19666#5,823
196713#3,661
19689#4,786
196924#2,708
197020#3,211
197143#1,969
197251#1,725
197352#1,714
197454#1,688
197561#1,604
197660#1,638
197755#1,833
197870#1,558
197970#1,606
198070#1,645
198178#1,529
198264#1,736
198362#1,733
198461#1,771
198576#1,576
198690#1,421
198776#1,619
198894#1,454
198984#1,639
199086#1,703
199190#1,656
199290#1,676
1993110#1,452
1994128#1,323
1995141#1,215
1996152#1,187
1997173#1,086
1998178#1,088
1999183#1,088
2000215#985
2001199#1,066
2002237#944
2003277#866
2004269#900
2005286#883
2006265#981
2007358#802
2008386#762
2009399#728
2010403#709
2011365#755
2012408#690
2013448#624
2014785#409
20151,066#304
20161,105#294
20171,179#271
20181,118#298
2019989#323
2020938#330
2021914#345
20221,009#320
2023971#322
20241,000#307