Emin
Masculine · “trustworthy”
Emin is the Turkish form of an Arabic word for someone who can be trusted with what matters. It is the same root that gives the word said at the end of a prayer, and it is among the steadier Turkish men's names.
How old is the name Emin?
Emin first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Emin is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Emin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emin most popular?
Emin peaked in 2019, reaching #3143 nationally. Today it ranks #3240, 97 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amin to Emin
The story of Emin
The root a-m-n runs through Arabic in words for safety, faith and trust, and amin — the person who holds those qualities — became a personal name very early. Turkish took it as Emin, with the vowels its own phonology prefers, and it has been in steady use in Turkey and among Turkish-speaking communities in the Balkans and Central Asia since. It reaches American records with Turkish, Azerbaijani and Bosnian families.
Meaning
trustworthy, faithful
From Arabic amin, one who is safe and to be relied upon; the root also gives iman, faith, and the word amen. Al-Amin, the trustworthy, was a byname of the Prophet Muhammad before his mission.
How the name formed
- amin
- Emin
Related forms: Amin · Emin · Emin · Ameen
Pronouncing Emin
eh-MEEN
Two syllables with the stress on the second. English speakers often say EM-in.
Nicknames for Emin
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
- 1984
- Most boys named
- 201937 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3143reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +20.0%36 in 2025, from 30
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.
Emin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amin in Arabic — same name
- Emin in Azerbaijani — same name
- Emin in Bosnian — same name
- Ameen in Urdu — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Illinois, California.
Emins among us
people named Emin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 47,447 born in 2025 was named Emin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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What happens to a name after it peaks
The Shloime test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shloime climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shloime's path sketches the road Emin is walking now.
Emin 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 Emin is headed
Emin 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.
Emin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with an unusually rich family of related words behind it.
- Four letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Recognized across Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Arab world.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths, changing the name's shape.
- Amin, Ameen and Emin are the same name, and relatives may prefer different spellings.
- It is close to Eamon and Amin in an English ear and will be confused with both.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Emin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emin in 2025?
- Emin ranks #3240 among US boy names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emin?
- About 1 in every 47,447 US boys born in 2025 was named Emin — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emin with classmates?
- Emin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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