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Emaan

Feminine · “faith”

Emaan is given to both — 1,351 girls and 132 boys since 1880. See other names given to both

1993high 2015
#2368 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare76 girls in 2025

Emaan is faith in Arabic — and the root behind it is the same one that gives amen, meaning firmness.

How old is the name Emaan?

Emaan first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Emaan is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Emaan are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Emaan most popular?

Emaan peaked in 2025, reaching #2368 nationally. Today it ranks #2368, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Emaan

A famous hadith sets out islam as outward practice, iman as inward faith and ihsan as excellence — three named levels of one thing. The root ties belief to firmness across Hebrew and Arabic alike. Emaan is the South Asian spelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

faith, belief

From the Arabic iman, 'faith', from the root '-m-n, 'to be firm, secure, trustworthy'. The same Semitic root gives the Hebrew emunah and the word amen. In Islamic theology iman is one of three levels of religion. The doubled a is a South Asian transliteration.

How the name formed

  1. '-m-n
  2. iman
  3. Emaan

Related forms: إيمان · Iman · Emaan

Pronouncing Emaan

ee-MAHN

Two syllables, stress on the second. The doubled a marks a long vowel.

Nicknames for Emaan

Moderate

EmaThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in several languages
ImmyAn affectionate English stretch, used inside families
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1993–202576380767619932025

US babies named Emaan per year from 1993 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#23681990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1993
Most girls named
201576 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2368reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+10.1%76 in 2025, from 69
Emaan sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2015, with 76 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Emaan in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • إيمان in Arabic — transliteration
  • Iman in English — spelling variant
  • Emaan in Urdu — same name

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.

Emaans among us

1,300

people named Emaan are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 21,148 born in 2025 was named Emaan

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Emaan

#2368
Emaan on the 2025 chart
#820
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emaan went to 76 girls in 2025, but Eman is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 140, which makes it the 820th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,548 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 11,480 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,148 for Emaan 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

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Is it right for you

The Anela test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emaan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Anela climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Anela's path sketches the road Emaan is walking now.

40%chance Emaan will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Emaan, aligned on its peakAnela· peak 2003not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsAnela · #3261Emaan today
Emaan today is about where Anela stood in 2003 — in its own peak year. By 2018, Anela had settled around #3211.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Emaan 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 Emaan is headed

19932030

US babies named Emaan per year, 1993 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Emaan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+8% by 2030projected around #2,342 in 2030

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.

Emaan beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Emaan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Emaanthis name76#2368Eevee76#2368Sinai76#2368Jaziyah76#2368Mariama76#2368

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That faith and firmness share a Semitic root is a first-rate etymology.
  • The theological structure of islam, iman and ihsan is a genuinely good frame.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
What to consider
  • Iman is the commoner transliteration.
  • In Arabic it is used for both sexes.
  • It reads as specifically Muslim.

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Frequently asked

How many Emaans are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Emaan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Emaan?
Emaan is the most-used spelling in US records — 76 of the 140 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Eman.
How popular is the name Emaan in 2025?
Emaan ranks #2368 among US girl names in 2025, with 76 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Emaan?
About 1 in every 21,148 US girls born in 2025 was named Emaan — 76 in all.
Will my child share the name Emaan with classmates?
Emaan will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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