How rare is the name Aman?

4,758 people in the United States have the first name Aman, about 1 in 63,479. It ranks #4,070 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AMAN

#4,070

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,758
About
1 in 63,479
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,758 people named Aman, 67.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 16.1% as Black and 9.9% as White. 86.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aman peaked in 2004, when 128 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
128
In 2025*
61 ▼52%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,633 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aman by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,267. The largest share of babies named Aman, 54.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#9,81374
1980s#7,992141
1990s#4,371481
2000s#3,2671,027
2010s#5,286550
2020s#4,986355
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–9614.7%
Generation Z 1997–1254.3%
2013 and later27.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aman is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aman has been most common in New Jersey (3.7×), California (3.7×), and New York (2.3×), and least common in Virginia (1.2×).

1,168 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Aman

1 other first name also has 4,758 people.

#4,070 Zofia · 4,758

Either side of Aman

#4,068 Jame · 4,759#4,068 Tao · 4,759#4,070 Zofia · 4,758#4,072 Hipolito · 4,754

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aman, most common first.

#2,158 Amani · 12,337#3,585 Amin · 5,717#8,501 Amon · 1,704#8,817 Amen · 1,621#12,922 Amaan · 947#14,441 Amany · 816#20,345 Amana · 509#38,294 Amane · 201

Also a last name

As a last name, Aman ranks #7,681 of 156,621, with 4,156 people. See Aman as a last name

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