girl's name
Aminata
ah-mee-NAH-tah
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 12,697
France
#125
2025 births
Aminata is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "trustworthy," carried across West Africa as the local form of Amina, the mother of the Prophet Muhammad. It ranks 125th in France and is rising.
- Aminata is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in France in 2023, when 415 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,438 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1955.
Aminata over time
Births per decade in France, 1950s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 |
| 1960s | 50 |
| 1970s | 295 |
| 1980s | 1,210 |
| 1990s | 1,390 |
| 2000s | 1,940 |
| 2010s | 2,480 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,255 |
What Aminata means
Aminata means trustworthy, faithful or secure. The Arabic root gives both safety and reliability — the same one behind amin, trustworthy, and iman, faith — so the name describes someone who can be relied upon rather than someone who is protected.
Where Aminata comes from
Aminata is the West African form of the Arabic Amina, from a root meaning to be secure or trustworthy. Amina bint Wahb was the mother of the Prophet Muhammad, who died when he was six, and her name spread with Islam across the Sahel. The -ta ending is a Mandinka and Wolof addition, part of a regional pattern that also gives Fatoumata from Fatima, Mariama from Maryam and Aissatou from Aisha; the ending marks the name as local rather than changing its sense. Aminata Sow Fall of Senegal, one of the first women to publish novels in francophone West Africa, and the Malian singer Aminata Traoré have both carried it internationally. The name's French standing reflects migration from Senegal, Mali, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire.
Aminata in use
Aminata ranks 125th in France with about 410 births in 2025 and is rising in our data with a peak in 2023. Our records carry it from 1955. It is rare elsewhere — 2,048th in England and Wales, 2,443rd in the United States — and its French position, like Fatoumata's, is a direct reflection of which countries France draws migration from rather than of any broader European use.
How popular is Aminata?
In 2025, Aminata was given to 410 babies in France, ranking #125 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Aminata is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Aminata
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Aminata also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aminata over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Aminata
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.
Aminata 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 Aminata
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aminata — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Aminata
What does the name Aminata mean?
Aminata means "trustworthy" or "faithful," from an Arabic root meaning to be secure.
Is Aminata an African name?
It is the West African form of the Arabic Amina. The -ta ending is Mandinka and Wolof.
Who was Amina?
Amina bint Wahb, the mother of the Prophet Muhammad, who died when he was six.
How popular is Aminata?
125th in France, where it is rising.
Is Aminata a girl's or a boy's name?
Aminata is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
What are the nicknames for Aminata?
Aminata is usually shortened to Amina.
Is Aminata a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aminata currently ranks #125 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.