NameTides

Amani

Amani was the #678 girls' name in the US in 2025 (419 babies), and #590 in England & Wales and #723 in Canada.

Amani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Amani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#678 (419)#590 (66)——#723 (41)
2024#636 (464)#594 (66)—#898 (3)#809 (36)
2023#621 (481)#622 (60)——#650 (44)
2022#584 (513)#876 (40)——#738 (37)
2021#685 (424)#603 (64)——#1,153 (22)
2020#659 (437)#665 (56)#765 (3)—#1,121 (22)
2019#708 (403)#737 (52)——#1,067 (24)
2018#741 (374)#670 (60)——#863 (32)
2017#763 (363)#673 (61)——#1,333 (18)
2016#708 (402)#693 (59)——#915 (29)
2015#728 (389)#637 (65)——#1,115 (22)
2014#646 (441)#750 (52)——#1,395 (17)
2013#589 (482)#547 (76)——#1,792 (12)
2012#574 (512)#509 (85)——#1,142 (22)
2011#562 (520)#525 (80)#579 (5)—#983 (26)

Amani as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Amani as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Amani as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,585 (107)#2,440 (9)#1,251 (19)
2024#1,275 (154)#2,672 (8)#1,909 (10)
2023#1,489 (120)#2,814 (7)#2,336 (7)
2022#1,771 (93)#2,756 (7)—
2021#2,040 (72)#3,451 (5)#1,560 (12)
2020#1,849 (80)#1,935 (11)#2,197 (7)
2019#2,001 (73)#3,013 (6)#2,440 (6)
2018#2,101 (67)#3,011 (6)#2,403 (6)
2017#1,918 (75)#2,734 (7)—
2016#1,991 (72)#4,810 (3)#2,428 (6)
2015#1,846 (80)#3,908 (4)#2,139 (7)
2014#1,920 (75)#2,459 (8)#2,667 (5)
2013#1,827 (78)#2,403 (8)#1,470 (12)
2012#1,428 (116)#2,458 (8)#1,971 (8)
2011#1,476 (110)#1,909 (11)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #584.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.
  • In 2025, 80% of US babies named Amani were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Amani is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #815INOhio: #622OHPennsylvania: #558PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #939CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #546GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #674TXFlorida: #692FL
Amani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#61620
Quebec2025#6696

Amani (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmaniCanadaGirls#72341
AmaniCanadaBoys#1,25119
AmaniEngland & WalesGirls#59066
AmaniEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
AmaniIrelandGirls—too few
AmaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmaniScotlandGirls—too few
AmaniUSGirls#678419
AmaniUSBoys#1,585107