first name
AMINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,079 people named Amina, 44% reported their origin as Black, 21.4% as White and 17.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amina peaked in 2017, when 1,180 babies got the name.
At least 19,270 babies have been given the name since 1943. 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.
Amina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #682. The largest share of babies named Amina, 64.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Amina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amina has been most common in New York (1.8×), Maryland (1.8×), and Nevada (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.27×).
17,359 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 Amina
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amina ranks #74,224 of 156,621, with 281 people. See Amina as a last name
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