girl's name
Amina
a-MEE-na
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 44,370
the United States
#315
2025 births
Amina is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "trustworthy" or "secure." It was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother, and it shares a Semitic root with the word amen.
- Amina is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in 2017, when 1,180 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,418 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1943.
Amina over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 |
| 1950s | 12 |
| 1960s | 64 |
| 1970s | 536 |
| 1980s | 755 |
| 1990s | 1,331 |
| 2000s | 2,891 |
| 2010s | 7,868 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 5,808 |
What Amina means
Amina means trustworthy, faithful or safe. The Arabic root a-m-n covers trust and security together — being reliable and being out of danger are one idea in it.
Where Amina comes from
Amina comes from the Arabic amina, from the root a-m-n, concerning trust, safety and faith. The same root gives iman, faith, and amanah, a trust held on someone's behalf — and it is cognate with the Hebrew behind amen, which means something like it is sure. Amina bint Wahb was the Prophet Muhammad's mother, who died when he was six. The name is common across the Arabic-speaking world, Turkey as Emine, and West Africa.
Amina in use
Our data shows Amina peaking in 2017 and still rising, at 205 in England and Wales against 315 in the United States. It first appears in our records in 1943. It is one of the few names in our Arabic cohort whose American ranking is within striking distance of its British one — most show a gap of five times or more.
How popular is Amina?
In 2025, Amina was given to 970 babies in the United States, ranking #315 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Amina is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Amina
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Amina also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Amina
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Amina in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Amina
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Amina
What does the name Amina mean?
Amina means "trustworthy" or "secure," from the Arabic root a-m-n.
Who was Amina bint Wahb?
The Prophet Muhammad's mother, who died when he was six years old.
Is Amina related to the word amen?
Through a shared Semitic root meaning certainty and trust — amen means roughly "it is sure."
How popular is the name Amina?
In 2025, Amina was given to 970 babies in the United States, ranking #315 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Amina a girl's or a boy's name?
Amina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Amina most popular?
Amina peaked in 2017, when 1,180 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Amina?
Amina is usually shortened to Mina and Ami.
Is Amina a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Amina currently ranks #124 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.