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Aman

Masculine · “peace”

Aman is given to both — 2,453 boys and 180 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

1969high 2004
#2284 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare61 boys in 2025

Aman is peace in Arabic and Urdu — from the root that also gives amen and faith, all built on firmness.

How old is the name Aman?

Aman first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Aman alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 2,400 people named Aman are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Aman most popular?

Aman peaked in 2001, reaching #1221 nationally. Today it ranks #2284, 1,063 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Aman

The root '-m-n ties safety, faith and trustworthiness together across Arabic and Hebrew, and amen comes from it too. Aman in Islamic law also names a formal grant of safe conduct. The name is used across Arabic and South Asian naming and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

peace, safety, security

From the Arabic aman, 'safety' or 'security', from the root '-m-n, 'to be firm or trustworthy' — the same root behind iman, 'faith', and the word amen. A separate Sanskrit aman is also proposed. The Arabic is documented.

How the name formed

  1. '-m-n
  2. aman
  3. Aman

Related forms: أمان · अमन · Aman

Pronouncing Aman

ah-MAHN

Two syllables, stress on the second. Hindi says AH-mun with the stress at the front.

Nicknames for Aman

Moderate

AmiAn affectionate stretch, and a name in its own right in several languages
ManThe back of the name, which collides with an ordinary English noun
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1969–20251216101216119692025

US babies named Aman per year from 1969 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#12211960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1969
Most boys named
2004121 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1221reached in 2001
Change vs 2024
−6.2%61 in 2025, from 65
Aman sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2004, with 121 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Aman in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • أمان in Arabic — transliteration
  • अमन in Hindi — transliteration
  • Aman in Urdu — same name

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.

Amans among us

2,400

people named Aman are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 28,001 born in 2025 was named Aman

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Aman

#2284
Aman on the 2025 chart
#846
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aman went to 61 boys in 2025, but Amaan is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 82, which makes it the 846th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,438 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 20,830 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,001 for Aman itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Masaru test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aman's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Masaru climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Masaru's path sketches the road Aman is walking now.

40%chance Aman will feel dated by 2040
Aman, aligned on its peakMasaru· peak 1917not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsMasaru · #3549Aman today
Aman today is about where Masaru stood in 1941 — 24 years past a #1222-sized peak. Within 15 years, Masaru had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Aman sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Aman is headed

19692030

US babies named Aman per year, 1969 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Aman looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.

Rising+15% by 2030projected around #2,214 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Aman beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Aman in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Amanthis name61#2284Carsyn61#2284Flint61#2284Zacari61#2284Abbas61#2284

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That safety, faith and amen share a root meaning firmness is a first-rate fact.
  • The peace meaning is transparent and warm.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
What to consider
  • Arabic and Hindi stress it differently.
  • Amman, the Jordanian capital, is a near-homophone.
  • It reads as specifically Arabic or South Asian.

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Frequently asked

How many Amans are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Aman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Aman?
Aman is the most-used spelling in US records — 61 of the 82 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Amaan.
How popular is the name Aman in 2025?
Aman ranks #2284 among US boy names in 2025, with 61 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Aman?
About 1 in every 28,001 US boys born in 2025 was named Aman — 61 in all.
Will my child share the name Aman with classmates?
Aman will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Aman

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Carsyn#2284 · Flint#2284 · Zacari#2284 · Abbas#2284 · Sulayman#2284 · Quade#2284 · Bruin#2284 · Natan#2284

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