Fun Facts About the Name Aamna
- 250 babies named Aamna: U.S. records list 250 babies given the name Aamna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aamna Mean?
Aamna is a spelling of the Arabic feminine name Āminah (آمنة), which means "trustworthy," "faithful," or "safe and secure." It comes from the Arabic root ʾ-m-n, the same root behind amān ("safety, security, protection") and the adjective amīn ("trustworthy, honest"). Āminah is the feminine form, literally "the one who is safe" or "the trustworthy one."
Arabic has a closely related name, Amīnah (أمينة), built from amīn plus the feminine ending and carrying much the same sense. Because English transliteration usually drops the marks for long and short vowels, Āminah and Amīnah are often written and treated as one name, and the spellings Aamna, Amna, Amina, and Aminah all circulate for it. A later, customary reading links the name to peace and security; that association follows from the root's meaning of safety rather than from a separate origin.
Aamna Name History & Origins
The best-known early bearer of the name is Āminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Prophet Muhammad. She belonged to the Banū Zuhrah clan of the Quraysh in Mecca and is named in early Islamic biographical and genealogical tradition. Through that religious connection the name became familiar across the Muslim world.
As Islam spread, the name traveled with it beyond Arabic-speaking regions. Turkish uses the form Emine, and Persian and South Asian Muslim communities adopted the name as well. In Urdu it is written آمنہ, and the common English renderings Amna and Aamna represent that South Asian usage; the doubled a in Aamna marks the long initial vowel of the Arabic and Urdu pronunciation. The name therefore has one Arabic origin but is used in many countries and languages, and Aamna is best understood as a transliteration variant rather than a separate name with its own derivation.
How Popular is the Name Aamna?
Aamna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2003. Its best rank was #7,207 in 2003.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,211 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #11,142 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #10,246 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #12,467 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #14,127 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #9,412 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #14,487 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #10,958 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #10,373 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #10,449 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #9,381 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #9,475 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #13,605 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #10,131 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #8,260 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #8,197 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #8,535 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #10,839 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #11,808 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #13,432 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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