NameTides

Aminah

Aminah was the #1,160 girls' name in the US in 2025 (200 babies), and #490 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Aminah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aminah 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Aminah 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,160 (200)#490 (81)—#718 (4)#1,218 (21)
2024#1,004 (255)#429 (100)——#1,479 (16)
2023#1,089 (226)#381 (109)—#856 (3)#987 (26)
2022#1,089 (229)#419 (101)#625 (4)—#1,209 (20)
2021#1,160 (211)#447 (98)#792 (3)#586 (6)#1,335 (18)
2020#1,078 (229)#478 (84)——#1,153 (21)
2019#1,065 (237)#371 (118)——#1,600 (14)
2018#1,053 (243)#356 (131)#583 (5)—#1,567 (14)
2017#887 (306)#350 (134)#501 (6)—#1,269 (19)
2016#1,022 (259)#320 (156)—#868 (3)#1,280 (19)
2015#906 (303)#300 (159)——#1,312 (18)
2014#1,063 (242)#286 (166)#802 (3)—#1,035 (25)
2013#1,616 (133)#263 (181)——#1,913 (11)
2012#1,629 (132)#270 (185)——#1,297 (19)
2011#1,639 (131)#280 (174)#579 (5)—#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #887.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1965.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,100 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 8,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aminah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 8,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aminah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Aminah (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#1,10010

Aminah (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
AminahCanadaGirls#1,21821
AminahEngland & WalesGirls#49081
AminahIrelandGirls#7184
AminahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AminahScotlandGirls—too few
AminahUSGirls#1,160200