Fun Facts About the Name Eman
- More than 2 thousand babies named Eman: U.S. records list 2,570 babies given the name Eman from 1880 through 2025. Even 334 boys received the name Eman - about 1 boy for every 7 girls.
What Does the Name Eman Mean?
Eman is a spelling of the Arabic female name Iman (إيمان, Īmān), which means "faith" or "belief." The word goes back to the Arabic root ʾ-m-n, whose core sense is safety, security, and trust - a person can trust something that is secure. From that same root come amīn ("trustworthy") and muʾmin ("believer"), and the root is cognate with the Hebrew ʾ-m-n behind amen. In Islamic usage, īmān names faith in God specifically, and that religious sense is the meaning carried by the personal name. The spelling Eman writes the same name with an initial E instead of I, because the long Arabic ī can be rendered either way in Latin letters.
Eman Name History & Origins
Īmān was an ordinary Arabic word for faith long before it was used as a personal name. As a given name it became established in the Arabic-speaking Middle East, and it traveled with Islam and the Arabic language into other regions. In the Balkans, especially Bosnia, Iman is a familiar name; in South and Southeast Asia, particularly Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia, Iman is also common, and it is used for both boys and girls in some of those places. The Eman spelling appears mainly where the name is written in the Latin alphabet, since transliteration of the long vowel varies between I and E (compare Iman, Emaan, and Eeman). In the Arabic script the name is unchanged by these spelling choices.
Because the word is a normal vocabulary item meaning "faith," the name needs no legendary or literary origin story: it was simply adopted from religious vocabulary, as many Arabic names were. A separate, unrelated use of Eman exists as a short form of names derived from Emmanuel (Italian Emanuele, Spanish Emmanuel), but that shortened form belongs to a different name family and does not explain the Arabic name.
How Popular is the Name Eman?
Eman 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 2001. Its best rank was #2,103 in 2001.
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 | #2,703 | 64 | 0.0040% |
| 2024 | #2,799 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 2023 | #2,735 | 63 | 0.0039% |
| 2022 | #2,866 | 59 | 0.0036% |
| 2021 | #3,565 | 43 | 0.0026% |
| 2020 | #2,981 | 54 | 0.0033% |
| 2019 | #3,185 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 2018 | #3,123 | 52 | 0.0031% |
| 2017 | #3,064 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 2016 | #3,114 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2015 | #2,943 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2014 | #3,556 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2013 | #3,594 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2012 | #3,386 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #2,921 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #3,269 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2009 | #3,209 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2008 | #2,779 | 65 | 0.0034% |
| 2007 | #2,799 | 65 | 0.0034% |
| 2006 | #2,895 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #2,794 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2004 | #2,430 | 70 | 0.0038% |
| 2003 | #2,590 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2002 | #2,427 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2001 | #2,103 | 79 | 0.0044% |
| 2000 | #2,313 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 1999 | #2,582 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1998 | #2,741 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1997 | #2,367 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1996 | #2,814 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1995 | #3,519 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #3,118 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #2,950 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #3,290 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1991 | #2,632 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1990 | #3,937 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1989 | #3,063 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1988 | #2,940 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1987 | #3,360 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1986 | #3,673 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1985 | #3,762 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #3,258 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1983 | #3,990 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #4,219 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #3,553 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1980 | #4,198 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1979 | #5,513 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #5,005 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #6,492 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #4,969 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #8,292 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #6,410 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #6,243 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #7,551 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,436 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #3,818 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #5,301 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #5,084 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #7,239 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #6,059 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #4,376 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #5,603 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #9,087 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #7,761 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #11,086 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #11,142 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #7,660 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #9,983 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #11,426 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #13,120 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2007 | #10,087 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #8,958 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #10,488 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #8,947 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #8,724 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #11,094 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #8,813 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #5,050 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #9,444 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #6,066 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #7,202 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #5,357 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #6,358 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,627 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #5,194 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,150 | 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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