Aminata
Feminine · “trustworthy”
Aminata is the West African form of Amina — trustworthy — and Amina was the Prophet's mother.
How old is the name Aminata?
Aminata first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Aminata alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 2,300 people named Aminata are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aminata most popular?
Aminata peaked in 2015, reaching #1996 nationally. Today it ranks #2438, 442 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amina to Aminata
The story of Aminata
Amina bint Wahb was the Prophet's mother and died when he was six. Islam reached West Africa across the Sahara from the eleventh century, and Mande languages reshaped her name as Aminata, adding a suffix they add to many borrowed names. It is standard in Senegal, Mali and Guinea and is in current American use.
Meaning
trustworthy, faithful
Through Amina, from the Arabic amina, feminine of amin, 'trustworthy', from the root '-m-n. Mande languages added the -ta ending. Al-Amin was the Prophet's epithet before his mission. The Arabic is documented and the West African suffix a regular feature.
How the name formed
- amina
- Amina
- Aminata
Related forms: Aminata · آمنة · Amina
Pronouncing Aminata
ah-mee-NAH-tah
Four syllables, stress on the third. West African languages give every vowel a full value.
Nicknames for Aminata
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
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 201599 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1996reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −8.8%73 in 2025, from 80
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.
Aminata in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aminata in Bambara — same name
- آمنة in Arabic — related form
- Amina in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Aminatas among us
people named Aminata are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,017 born in 2025 was named Aminata
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 Arial test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aminata's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arial climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arial's path sketches the road Aminata is walking now.
Aminata 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 Aminata is headed
Aminata 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.
Aminata beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aminata in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Prophet's mother is a first-rate bearer.
- That the -ta suffix is a regular Mande addition is a genuinely good fact.
- Ami is available as a short form with real use.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- Amina is the form most people will recognize.
- It reads as specifically West African.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aminatas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,300 people named Aminata are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aminata in 2025?
- Aminata ranks #2438 among US girl names in 2025, with 73 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aminata?
- About 1 in every 22,017 US girls born in 2025 was named Aminata — 73 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aminata with classmates?
- Aminata will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Aminata
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