Eman
Feminine · “faith”
Eman is given to both — 2,238 girls and 335 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Eman is faith in Arabic — iman — and the root behind it is the same one that gives the word amen.
How old is the name Eman?
Eman first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Eman alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 2,200 people named Eman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eman most popular?
Eman peaked in 2001, reaching #2096 nationally. Today it ranks #2691, 595 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
From '-m-n to Eman
The story of Eman
A famous hadith sets out islam as outward practice, iman as inward faith and ihsan as excellence in both — three named levels of one thing. The root ties belief to firmness across Hebrew and Arabic alike. Eman is a common 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 Arabic is documented.
How the name formed
- '-m-n
- iman
- Eman
Related forms: إيمان · Iman · Emaan
Pronouncing Eman
ee-MAHN
Two syllables, stress on the second. English speakers often say EE-man with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Eman
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
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 200179 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2096reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- +6.7%64 in 2025, from 60
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.
Eman in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- إيمان in Arabic — transliteration
- Iman in English — spelling variant
- Emaan in Urdu — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, California.
Emans among us
people named Eman are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 25,114 born in 2025 was named Eman
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Eman
- #2691
- Eman on the 2025 chart
- #820
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Eman went to 64 girls in 2025, but Emaan 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 — 1,871 places above the chart.
- Emaan76
- Eman64
About 1 girl in 11,480 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,114 for Eman 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 Teia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eman's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Teia climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Teia's path sketches the road Eman is walking now.
Eman 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 Eman is headed
Eman 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.
Eman beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eman in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- 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.
- In Arabic it is used for both sexes.
- Iman is the commoner transliteration.
- It is a homograph of an English word for a man in some readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Eman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Eman?
- Eman is one of 2 recorded spellings. Emaan is the more common one — 76 births in 2025 against 64 for Eman.
- How popular is the name Eman in 2025?
- Eman ranks #2691 among US girl names in 2025, with 64 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eman?
- About 1 in every 25,114 US girls born in 2025 was named Eman — 64 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eman with classmates?
- Eman will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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