Spellings
Amina or Aminah?
In the US in 2025, 78% of babies in this name family were spelled Amina and 16% Aminah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Amina already led in 2015, with 73% of the family's births; it has 78% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,456 to 1,247 births (−14%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amina | 1,066 | 970 | −9% |
| Aminah | 303 | 200 | −34% |
| Ameena | 87 | 77 | −11% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /əˈminə/ (uh-MEE-nuh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Amina 415 births (#122 among girls), Aminah 5 births and Ameena 5 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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