Amoni
Feminine
Amoni is given to both — 1,456 girls and 288 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Amoni belongs to the American family of names built on an A- opening and an -oni ending, and it stands close to Amani, the Swahili word for peace.
How old is the name Amoni?
Amoni first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Amoni alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,400 people named Amoni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amoni most popular?
Amoni peaked in 2018, reaching #2744 nationally. Today it ranks #3517, 773 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Amoni
Ours, offered as ours. Swahili amani is worth knowing about: it means peace, it was borrowed into Swahili from Arabic along with a great deal of the coastal vocabulary, and it has been used as a name across East Africa and, since the 1970s, in African-American families choosing Swahili names. Amoni sits one vowel away. Whether that vowel is a variant or a coincidence, no source says, and the neighbor is a good one to stand beside.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for this spelling. Swahili amani, peace, is a genuine near-neighbor and a name in its own right, itself borrowed from Arabic. The A- and -oni pieces of modern American naming are the other likely source. Neither is confirmed.
Pronouncing Amoni
uh-MOH-nee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say AM-uh-nee.
Nicknames for Amoni
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
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 201262 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2744reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- −12.2%43 in 2025, from 49
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.
Amoni in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amani in Swahili — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, North Carolina.
Amonis among us
people named Amoni are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 37,378 born in 2025 was named Amoni
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amoni
- #3517
- Amoni on the 2025 chart
- #911
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amoni went to 43 girls in 2025, but Amonii is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 49, which makes it the 911th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,606 places above the chart.
- Amoni43
- Amonii6
About 1 girl in 32,801 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 37,378 for Amoni 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 Valisa test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amoni's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Valisa climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Valisa's path sketches the road Amoni is walking now.
Amoni 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 Amoni is headed
Amoni 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.
Amoni beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amoni in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
- Moni is a usable short form with its own life.
- It works for a girl or a boy, which is useful before a birth.
- Amani, Amoni and Ammoni are all in use and none is dominant.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amonis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Amoni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amoni?
- Amoni is the most-used spelling in US records — 43 of the 49 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Amonii.
- How popular is the name Amoni in 2025?
- Amoni ranks #3517 among US girl names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amoni?
- About 1 in every 37,378 US girls born in 2025 was named Amoni — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amoni with classmates?
- Amoni will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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