Amena
Feminine · “trustworthy”
Amena stands near Arabic amina, trustworthy — the adjective given to Muhammad's mother and used of him before his prophethood.
How old is the name Amena?
Amena first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Amena alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,100 people named Amena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amena most popular?
Amena peaked in 2017, reaching #3479 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 1,067 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amina to Amena
The story of Amena
Amina was the name of Muhammad's mother, who died when he was six, and the same root gave him the epithet al-Amin, the trustworthy, by which the Meccans knew him before the revelation. The root runs through the whole religious vocabulary — iman is faith, aman is safety, and the amen ending a prayer is the same three consonants. Amena is one of several English spellings.
Meaningscholars disagree
trustworthy, safe
Arabic amina means secure and trustworthy, from the root that gives iman, faith, and amin, the amen said after a prayer. An unrelated Latin amoena, pleasant, is also offered for the English spelling.
How the name formed
- amina
- Amena
Related forms: Amina · Emine · Aamina
Pronouncing Amena
ah-MEE-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. English speakers often say uh-MEE-nuh.
Nicknames for Amena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most girls named
- 201644 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3479reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +3.4%30 in 2025, from 29
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.
Amena in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amina in Arabic — spelling variant
- Emine in Turkish — same name
- Aamina in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New Jersey.
Amenas among us
people named Amena are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Amena
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amena
- #4546
- Amena on the 2025 chart
- #835
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amena went to 30 girls in 2025, but Ameena, Ameenah and Amenah are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 125, which makes it the 835th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,711 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 12,858 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 53,576 for Amena 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Samra test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amena's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Samra climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Samra's path sketches the road Amena is walking now.
Amena 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 Amena is headed
Amena should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Amena beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amena in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning at the center of a very large religious vocabulary.
- Ami and Mena are both ready short forms.
- Every vowel is sounded, so it reads correctly in most languages.
- Amena, Amina and Aminah are all in use and none is dominant in English.
- The English spelling makes the first vowel look like an a rather than ah.
- It is close to Amelia and Athena in an American ear.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Amena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amena?
- Amena is one of 4 recorded spellings. Ameena is the more common one — 77 births in 2025 against 30 for Amena.
- How popular is the name Amena in 2025?
- Amena ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amena?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Amena — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amena with classmates?
- Amena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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