Amna
Feminine · “safe”
Amna is Arabic for safe. Not rescued or protected but simply secure — the state of being out of danger — and it belonged to Muhammad's mother, which gave it standing across the Muslim world.
How old is the name Amna?
Amna first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Amna alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,700 people named Amna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amna most popular?
Amna peaked in 1910, reaching #2398 nationally. Today it ranks #2998, 600 places below that high. See the whole 1910 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Amina to Amna
The story of Amna
Amina bint Wahb was the mother of Muhammad and died when he was a small child, which the tradition records with some care. That made her name one of the most given in the Muslim world, and it spread with Arabic into Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Hausa, Somali and Malay. The Amna spelling belongs particularly to Pakistan and the wider South Asian usage, and it reaches United States records from there; Amina and Aminah are the more common spellings elsewhere.
Meaning
safe, secure, at peace
Arabic Amina comes from a root about safety and trust, the same one behind amin, 'trustworthy', and iman, 'faith'. The reading is documented and undisputed. Amna is the Urdu and South Asian spelling of the same name, with the middle vowel dropped as Urdu writes it.
How the name formed
- Amina
- Amna
Related forms: Amina · Amna · Emine · Aminatu
Pronouncing Amna
AM-nah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic Amina has three, a-MEE-na, with the middle vowel fully sounded; the South Asian spelling drops it, which is a real difference rather than a shortcut.
Nicknames for Amna
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
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 201566 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2398reached in 1910
- Change vs 2024
- +31.0%55 in 2025, from 42
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.
Amna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amina in Arabic — spelling variant
- Amna in Urdu — same name
- Emine in Turkish — same name
- Aminatu in Hausa — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Amnas among us
people named Amna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 29,223 born in 2025 was named Amna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amna
- #2998
- Amna on the 2025 chart
- #893
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amna went to 55 girls in 2025, but Aamna and Amnah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 67, which makes it the 893rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,105 places above the chart.
- Amna55
- Aamna6
- Amnah6
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 29,223 for Amna 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
Fashion outlook
Amna 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 Amna is headed
Amna 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.
Amna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A clear documented meaning and an unusually significant bearer behind it.
- Four letters, no silent ones, and said correctly by English speakers at first sight.
- Short and clean, which pairs well with a long or complicated surname.
- Amna and Amina are the same name and look and sound noticeably different.
- It sits close to Anna and Amina in English speech and gets misheard as both.
- In American records the shorter spelling is the less common of the two.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amnas 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 Amna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amna?
- Amna is the most-used spelling in US records — 55 of the 67 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Aamna and Amnah.
- How popular is the name Amna in 2025?
- Amna ranks #2998 among US girl names in 2025, with 55 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amna?
- About 1 in every 29,223 US girls born in 2025 was named Amna — 55 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amna with classmates?
- Amna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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