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Ameen

Masculine · “trustworthy”

1974high 2024
#2390 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare57 boys in 2025

Ameen is trustworthy in Arabic — and al-Amin was the Prophet's epithet before his mission, earned in trade.

How old is the name Ameen?

Ameen first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Ameen alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,700 people named Ameen are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ameen most popular?

Ameen peaked in 2006, reaching #2176 nationally. Today it ranks #2390, 214 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Ameen

Muhammad was called al-Amin, the trustworthy, in Mecca before any revelation — a reputation earned in commerce, which the sources treat as significant. The root ties trustworthiness to faith and to the word amen. Ameen is one of several spellings and is in current American use.

Meaning

trustworthy, faithful

From the Arabic amin, 'trustworthy', from the root '-m-n — the same root behind iman, 'faith', and the word amen. Al-Amin was the Prophet's pre-prophetic nickname in Mecca. The Arabic is documented.

How the name formed

  1. '-m-n
  2. amin
  3. Ameen

Related forms: أمين · Amin · Ameen

Pronouncing Ameen

ah-MEEN

Two syllables, stress on the second. Amin and Ameen are said identically.

Nicknames for Ameen

Moderate

AmiThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in several languages
MeenThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1974–202561310615719742025

US babies named Ameen per year from 1974 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#21761970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1974
Most boys named
202461 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2176reached in 2006
Change vs 2024
−6.6%57 in 2025, from 61
Ameen sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 61 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.

Ameen in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • أمين in Arabic — transliteration
  • Amin in English — spelling variant
  • Ameen in Urdu — same name

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

Ameens among us

1,700

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

About 1 boy in 29,966 born in 2025 was named Ameen

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

Spellings of Ameen

#2390
Ameen on the 2025 chart
#798
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ameen went to 57 boys in 2025, but Amen is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 130, which makes it the 798th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,592 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 13,139 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 29,966 for Ameen 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 Justino test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ameen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Justino climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Justino's path sketches the road Ameen is walking now.

40%chance Ameen will feel “very 2000s” by 2040
Ameen, aligned on its peakJustino· peak 1976not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsJustino · #8739Ameen today
Ameen today is about where Justino stood in 1995 — 19 years past a #2177-sized peak. By 2010, Justino had settled around #7872.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ameen 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 Ameen is headed

19742030

US babies named Ameen per year, 1974 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ameen should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+9% by 2030projected around #2,380 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.

Ameen beside its neighbors

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

Ameenthis name57#2390Austyn57#2390Blaize57#2390Devante57#2390Quest57#2390

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the epithet was earned in trade before any revelation is a first-rate fact.
  • The trustworthy meaning is transparent and strong.
  • The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
What to consider
  • Amin and Ameen are both in circulation.
  • It is also the Arabic word said at the end of a prayer.
  • It reads as specifically Muslim.

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Frequently asked

How many Ameens are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Ameen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ameen?
Ameen is one of 2 recorded spellings. Amen is the more common one — 73 births in 2025 against 57 for Ameen.
How popular is the name Ameen in 2025?
Ameen ranks #2390 among US boy names in 2025, with 57 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ameen?
About 1 in every 29,966 US boys born in 2025 was named Ameen — 57 in all.
Will my child share the name Ameen with classmates?
Ameen will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Ameen

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Austyn#2390 · Blaize#2390 · Devante#2390 · Quest#2390 · Deklan#2390 · Jovanny#2390 · Erwin#2390 · Nivaan#2390

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