Amin
Masculine · “trustworthy”
Amin is the trustworthy one — al-Amin was the title Mecca gave Muhammad before his prophethood, for keeping other people's property safe.
How old is the name Amin?
Amin first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Amin alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 3,400 people named Amin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amin most popular?
Amin peaked in 1977, reaching #904 nationally. Today it ranks #1602, 698 places below that high. See the whole 1977 chart.
Where it comes from
From amin to Amin
The story of Amin
Al-Amin, 'the trustworthy', was the epithet Muhammad's fellow Meccans gave him before the revelation, and it is among the most respected titles in the tradition. The name is used across the Arabic-speaking world, Turkey, Iran and South Asia. It appears in American records steadily and is in current use.
Meaning
trustworthy, faithful
From the Arabic amin, 'trustworthy' or 'faithful', from a root about safety and security — the same root behind iman, 'faith', and the amen said after a prayer. The word is ordinary Arabic and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- amin
- Amin
Related forms: أمين · Emin · Amin · Amin
Pronouncing Amin
ah-MEEN
Two syllables, stress on the second. Turkish Emin uses a different first vowel with the same stress.
Nicknames for Amin
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
- 1965
- Most boys named
- 2025106 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #904reached in 1977
- Change vs 2024
- +1.9%106 in 2025, from 104
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.
Amin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- أمين in Arabic — transliteration
- Emin in Turkish — related form
- Amin in Persian — same name
- Amin in Indonesian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Pennsylvania.
Amins among us
people named Amin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 16,114 born in 2025 was named Amin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Gorge test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gorge climbed just as high around 1900, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gorge's path sketches the road Amin is walking now.
Amin 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 Amin is headed
Amin should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Amin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The trustworthy meaning is transparent, undisputed and thoroughly admirable.
- The connection to the word 'amen' is a genuinely good detail.
- It is used across Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Indonesian naming.
- A twentieth-century Ugandan dictator carries the surname.
- It is close in sound to the liturgical amen, which will be noticed.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,400 people named Amin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Amin in 2025?
- Amin ranks #1602 among US boy names in 2025, with 106 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amin?
- About 1 in every 16,114 US boys born in 2025 was named Amin — 106 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amin with classmates?
- Amin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Amin
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