Amina sits comfortably in the UK charts at #198 in 2024 — recognisable but not overwhelming. Your child may occasionally share their name.
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UK Rank 2024
#198
US Rank #307
About the Name Amina
Amina is steadily gaining in popularity, up 66 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #182 in 2008, and it currently sits at #198. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Amina is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it sits at #307 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Amina
Unlikely. With around 248 UK babies named Amina per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Amina in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Amina is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 66 places over the last five years to #198 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Amina is more popular in the UK (#198) than in the US (#307). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Amina include: Amina Fakhet — Amina Fakhet is a Tunisian singer.; Amina Lawal — Amina Lawal Kurami is a Nigerian woman previously sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock.; Amina J. Mohammed — Amina Jane Mohammed is a Nigerian-British diplomat and politician who is serving as the 5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations..
Amina appears in the US top 500 at #307 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
248
UK babies named Amina (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 66 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Amina
Likely around 1 other Amina in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Amina
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Amina Fakhet is a Tunisian singer. Her career has spanned several decades, during which she has garnered recognition both within Tunisia and internationally.
Amina Lawal Kurami is a Nigerian woman previously sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock. Lawal was sentenced by an Islamic Sharia court in Funtua, in the northern state of Katsina, in Nigeria, on 22 March 2002.
Amina Jane Mohammed is a Nigerian-British diplomat and politician who is serving as the 5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016 and was a player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process.
Amina (or Aminah) is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names: ʾĀmina (Arabic: آمنة, also anglicized as Aaminah or Amna) meaning "safe one, protected" ʾAmīna (Arabic: أمينة, also anglicized as Ameena), the feminine form of Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman". The name is highly popular in Nigeria owing to Amina of Zazzau, a legendary Hausa warrior queen.