Amina sits comfortably in the UK charts at #205 in 2025 — recognisable but not overwhelming. Your child may occasionally share their name.
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UK Rank 2025
#205
US Rank #315
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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 fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Amina in their class.
In the US it sits at #307 โ notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
โญ Famous People Named Amina
Amina Fakhet โ Amina Fakhet is a Tunisian singer.
Amina Lawal โ 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 โ Amina Jane Mohammed is a Nigerian-British diplomat and politician who is serving as the 5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Amina
Unlikely. With around 238 UK babies named Amina per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Amina in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Amina has been fairly steady, ranked #205 in 2025 against #264 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #182 in 2008.
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 Lawal and Amina J. Mohammed. Short summaries for each appear below.
Amina appears in the US top 500 at #307 in 2024 โ moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
238
UK babies named Amina (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 59 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
Almost certainly the only Amina in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Amina
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Amina (or Aminah) is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names: สพฤmina (Arabic: ุขู ูุฉ, also anglicized as Aaminah or Amna) meaning "safe one, protected" สพAmฤซna (Arabic: ุฃู ููุฉ, also anglicized as Ameena), the feminine form of Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman".