first name
AMANI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 12,337 people named Amani, 57% reported their origin as Black, 18.2% as White and 11% as Hispanic or Latino. 82.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amani peaked in 2008, when 667 babies got the name.
At least 16,330 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.
Amani by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,048. The largest share of babies named Amani, 49.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Amani is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amani has been most common in Florida (2.4×), Maryland (2.3×), and District of Columbia (2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.14×).
13,239 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.
Either side of Amani
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amani, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amani ranks #28,704 of 156,621, with 882 people. See Amani as a last name
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