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Amina

Pronounced AE1 M IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 2017
  • 82 years in use
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How popular is Amina?

Amina is a girls' name, and first appears in 1943. It has been given to 18,292 children — the 973rd most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2017, when 1,179 children were given it.

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Characteristics

  • 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AE1 M IY1 N AH0 · EY1 EH1 M IY1 N AH0
Stress pattern:
110 · 1110
Syllables:
4

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Amina

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Amina

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Amina?
Amina ranks 973rd among girls' names in US records, with 18,292 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,289.
Is Amina a unisex name?
No. Amina is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Amina most popular?
2017, when 1,179 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.