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Amani

girls’ name · 82%boys’ name · 18%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Amani is ranked 634th among girls in 2024 (464 births). Its best rank was 553rd, in 2010.

Rank in 2024
#634down 13 from 2023
Births in 2024
4640.03% of girls
Peak year
2008529 births
Best rank
#553in 2010
Since 1969
15,797people given the name
Babies named Amani, by year of birthgirlsboys
02505007501k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

13,018 girls have been named Amani in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 529 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2008, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 34%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Amani is used for both sexes: 18% of its bearers are boys (2,779), most of them born around 2024.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Amani
1960s6
1970s105
1980s226
1990s1,744
2000s4,206
2010s4,413
2020s2,318

In 2008, its biggest year

Amani was the 586th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.

Names that rose and fell with Amani

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.